Toxicology

Safety data analyzed from five NIH inpatient clinical trials National Institutes of Health researchers found that a single, low-dose ketamine infusion was relatively free of side effects for patients with treatment-resistant depression.…

UFZ researchers develop model for more realistic risk assessmentCredit: ©André Künzelmann / UFZ Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand times lower than previously…

New 'meta-portal' to provide researchers with access to analytics tools and data sets for private, public dataCredit: Jorge Salazar, TACC Pain impacts nearly every individual at some point in their lives. With more than 25 million…

Poster at AHA Scientific Sessions suggests BPS and BPF may have less impact on heart function than BPA Philadelphia, Pa. - (November 16) - Some chemical alternatives to plastic bisphenol-a (BPA), which is still commonly used in medical…

New research led by North Carolina State University has shown that early life exposure to a commonly used flame-retardant mixture increases anxiety and affects socioemotional behaviors in prairie voles, particularly in females. The work…

Natural killer T cell lymphoma (NKTL) is an aggressive form of cancer with very poor treatment outcomes in the advanced stages. NKTL generally affects the upper airways and digestive tracts in patients, but can also involve the…

Scientists say a failure of national management means excessive amounts of harmful chemicals--many now banned in other countries such as the EU, USA and Canada--are damaging the nation's waterways and the Great Barrier Reef. The new…

Review of current research calls for better studies, caution COLUMBUS, Ohio - Science hasn't yet caught up with electronic cigarettes, leaving health care providers and users with many unknowns. But a new review of the research so far…

BfR Opinion No. 036/2019 of 17 September 2019 These components are oligomers. They are composed of a few similar molecules of simple plastic building blocks made of specific starting chemicals. They are formed unintentionally during the…

The BfR symposium on current trends and causes of foodborne disease outbreaks In the case of Listeria, this includes an above-average number of deaths. The BfR has developed a digital tool to help clarify disease outbreaks. "The…