My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 25-Aug-2010 - revealed a striking down-regulation of mitotic/cell cycle genes, raising the possibility that BPA exposure immediately before meiotic entry might act to shorten the reproductive lifespan…
Public release date: 3-Aug-2010 - More than 6 billion pounds of BPA are produced annually - “We found that if we compare somebody in the top quartile of exposure…
Public release date: 21-Jun-2010 - Although BPA exposure stopped at 21 days of age, BPA’s effects on Leydig cells, which were seen immediately at the end of exposure and at…
Public release date: 21-May-2010 - endocrine-disrupting chemicals, like bisphenol-A (BPA) and diethylstilbestrol (DES), may program a fetus for life - “BPA is a weak estrogen and DES is a strong…
- In this research, it was the mothers who were exposed before conception. The offspring, therefore, were exposed as developing fetuses and pups, not as adults. - One year ago,…
Public release date: 3-Feb-2010 Mouse experiments implicate common ingredient in plastic water bottles and food packaging GALVESTON, Texas — For years, scientists have warned of the possible negative health…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 7-Jan-2014 - Our research provides the first direct evidence that exposure to BPA during development, at the levels we see in our day-to-day lives, increases the risk…
Contact: Kurtis Pivert kpivert@asn-online.org 202-699-0238 American Society of Nephrology Atlanta, GA (November 7, 2013)—Levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in components of dialysis machines may be toxic to the immune cells…
Contact: Mary F. Masson mfmasson@umich.edu 734-764-2220 University of Michigan Health System Effects of chemical used in products for kids like baby bottles, plastic toys examined in study published in Pediatrics…
Contact: Tom Langford tlangford@partners.org 617-534-1605 Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital research could explain why some couples have trouble conceiving IMAGE: Images of eggs examined…
Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Modified forms of bisphenol A found to alter hormone signaling in new, disturbing ways For years, scientists have…
The ubiquity of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A led researchers to ask what it might be doing in publicly supplied, chlorinated drinking water. The answer: Chlorinated BPA has different, but…
Contact: Jenni Glenn Gingery jgingery@endocrine.org 301-941-0240 The Endocrine Society SAN FRANCISCO-— New research suggests that fetal exposure to the common environmental chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, causes increased inflammation…
Contact: Jenni Glenn Gingery jgingery@endocrine.org 301-941-0240 The Endocrine Society SAN FRANCISCO-- A new study links fetal exposure to a common chemical pollutant, bisphenol A (BPA), to defects of a testicular…
Contact: Sharon Parmet sparmet@uic.edu 312-413-2695 University of Illinois at Chicago Ubiquitous plasticisers could have long term health effects Early exposure to BPA (bisphenol A) – an additive commonly found in…
Contact: Catherine Hylas Saunders csaunders@golinharris.com 202-585-2603 Kaiser Permanente OAKLAND, Calif., June 12 —Girls between 9 and 12 years of age with higher-than-average levels of bisphenol-A (BPA) in their urine had…
Contact: Catherine Hylas Saunders csaunders@golinharris.com 202-585-2603 Kaiser Permanente OAKLAND, Calif., June 12 —Girls between 9 and 12 years of age with higher-than-average levels of bisphenol-A (BPA) in their urine had…
10.06.2013 - Video releases Circulation, metabolism, nutrition Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by…
10.06.2013 - Video releases Circulation, metabolism, nutrition Are teeth the latest victims of bisphenol A? Yes, according to the conclusions of work carried out by the research team led by…
Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston For years, scientists have been concerned about chemicals in the environment that mimic the estrogens found in the…
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