Mayor White to receive UTMB award Sep 11, 2008
Dr. David Callender, UTMB president, will present the award on behalf of the Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine and the National Institute of Environmental Health Science, which funds a toxicology center at UTMB.. Mayor White took action to reduce toxic air pollutants and to begin cleaning up the poor air quality in Houston, said Jonathan Ward, a toxicologist who directs the NIEHS Center in Environmental Toxicology at UTMB. Gradually, the quality of the air we breathe is... (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Tumor Suppressor Inhibits Cell Growth Aug 9, 2008
Funding for this study was provided by grants from the Tobacco Related Disease Research Program, the National Institute of Environmental Health Science and the Superfund Basic Research Program. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS.. (Science Daily)
What impact does traffic have on your health? Somerville subjects tested Jun 24, 2008
The National Institute of Environmental Health Science has given the groups a $2. 5 million grant over five years to conduct a study of four Massachusetts neighborhoods that could be affected by pollution emanating from highways. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Institute to study arsenic, cancer link Mar 20, 2008
A five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), the funding for the project, called The role of histone phosphorylation in arsenic-induced cell transformation and cancer will continue more than four years of research on arsenic s connection to the disease. Institute executive director Dr. Zigang Dong explained that arsenic, a proven environmental carcinogen, seeps into drinking water in many parts of the world through the soil to cause bladder, lung and... (Austin Daily Herald, MN)
Mouse Allergen Found in Many Homes, Tied to Asthma Mar 20, 2008
Dr. Paivi M. Salo of the National Institute of Environmental Health Science in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and her colleagues collected dust samples vacuumed from various locations of the homes of nearly 2,500 individuals in 75 locations throughout the US. The residents also completed health questionnaires. There's a critical level of mouse urinary protein -- specifically, 1. (MEDLINEplus)
