Preterm Birth, Prolonged Labor Influenced by Progesterone Balance
Novel research in mice sheds light on hormone regulation needed in late pregnancy, opens door for therapy. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - March 11, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Study of Mosquito Protein Could Lead to Treatments Against Life-threatening Viruses
The mosquito protein AEG12 strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Zika and weakly inhibits coronaviruses, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - March 10, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NIH Study Shows Hyaluronan Is Effective in Treating Chronic Lung Disease
Naturally produced by the body, hyaluronan represents a new class of biologic that significantly improves lung health in patients with severe COPD. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - February 1, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Biomarkers in Mother ’s Plasma Predict a Type of Autism in Offspring With 100% Accuracy
Using machine learning, researchers at the University of California, Davis MIND Institute have identified several patterns of maternal autoantibodies highly associated with the diagnosis and severity of autism. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - January 25, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
New Research Shows Air Pollution Could Play a Role in Development of Cardiometabolic Diseases, Diabetes
First-of-its-kind study, based on a mouse model, finds living in a polluted environment could be comparable to eating a high-fat diet, leading to a pre-diabetic state. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - August 20, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
A New Tool for Modeling the Human Gut Microbiome
Bacteria linked to Crohn ’s disease are difficult to grow in the lab, but MIT engineers have found a way. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - August 6, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Major Climate Initiative in the Northeastern U.S. Benefits Children ’s Health
A new study by researchers from the Columbia Center for Children ’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reports that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been successful in reducing fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions and substantially improving children’s health, both major co-benefits of thi s climate policy. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - July 29, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
Bed Bugs Modify Microbiome of Homes They Infest
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Source: NIEHS News - July 15, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NIH Names Rick Woychik Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Woychik will lead NIH ’s research efforts on environmental influences on human health and also serve as director of the U.S. National Toxicology Program. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - June 11, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2020
Today on World Asthma Day, the National Institutes of Health stands with patients, families, advocates, researchers, and health care professionals to raise awareness about this common chronic respiratory disease, the people it affects, and the biomedical research that improves its prevention and treatment. (Source: NIEHS News)
Source: NIEHS News - May 5, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
