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Cryo-electron tomography reveals why normal cells stick and cancer cells don’t

Physics World

Certain types of cancer cells – having fewer anchor chains – can disengage from their environment and move more freely throughout the body, a process known as metastasis. The number and distribution of these anchors can thus be used to detect whether cancer cells are likely to spread. Courtesy: Marco Heydecker).

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Eleventh Circuit En Banc Elaborates upon Express Preemption Analysis in Recent FIFRA Decision

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In the case, the plaintiff averred that after years of using the popular weedkiller, Roundup, he developed cancer, which he claims Monsanto failed to adequately warn consumers was a risk of using that product. Monsanto Company , 72 F.4th 4th 1261 (11th Cir.

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PET imaging tracks ingested microplastics in mice

Physics World

In some animal studies , exposures to large amounts of microplastics have been associated with inflammation, metabolic disruptions, increased cancer risk and other adverse health effects. Less is known about the risks and health effects of these exposures. Tracking radiolabelled microplastics in mice.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.20.21

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Of Agriculture: Secretary To Tour Urban Gardens Building Resilient Communities -- Ag Progress Days: Exhibits Focus On Animal, Plant Diseases, Invasive Pests [Aug.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

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Recent studies indicate that long-term exposures are potential causes of liver failure and some cancers. . That figure is consistent with the price tag for clearing American waters of contamination. Exposure to the toxins at barely detectable levels are known to cause serious digestive disorders like vomiting and diarrhea.

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Pollution: not “an unavoidable consequence” of development

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I hope many others do too. cmonforton. Fri, 10/20/2017 - 09:09. chemicals policy. Environmental health. Occupational Health & Safety. Pesticides. Air pollution. Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. soil pollution. Water pollution. chemicals policy. Environmental health. Pesticides. Research.

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Towards Auger therapy with iodine-infused nanoparticles

Physics World

Cancer cells and the photoelectric effect. Cancer radiation therapy is rapidly changing. Tamanoi’s team designed and produced silica-based nanoparticles containing iodine and introduced the nanoparticles to one-millimetre in vitro masses of human ovarian cancer cells, human head-and-neck cancer cells and human brain cancer cells.

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