Projects

Complex environments Chemical Carcinogenesis

CC1-USTR: Interspecies Differences in the Metabolism of Toxic Aldehydes and Ketones by the AKR7 Family of Aldo-Keto Reductases

Highly reactive carbonyl compounds, aldehydes and ketones - found in a diverse range of natural and synthetic compounds - can cause cancer by damaging cell proteins and DNA. To help prevent this cells contain enzymes, which can break down these […]

Complex environments Chemical Carcinogenesis

CC1-UNEW/ZENE: Molecular Toxicology and Structure Activity Relationships in the Rodent Carcinogenesis of Industrially Important Dienes and the Relevance for Human Cancer

About one-half of chemicals tested for long-term health effects in laboratory rats and mice have been found to cause cancer. The accuracy of these tests in predicting human cancer risks needs to be fully understood, particularly for chemicals produced and […]

Complex environments Chemical Carcinogenesis

CC1-FOAR: Development of Criteria for Threshold Genotoxins: Interactions of Chemical Carcinogens With Cytoskeletal Macromolecules

This project will examine the ways in which chemicals that cause cancer and genetic damage interact with structural elements in human cells known as cytoskeletal proteins. Because proteins play a key role in cell division, interfering with their functioning can […]