Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Scripps Florida scientists develop drug discovery approach to predict health impact of endocrine-disruptors


Scripps Florida scientists develop drug discovery approach to predict health impact of endocrine-disruptors

01/04/2017 01:26 PM EST

Kendall Nettles

Breast cancer researchers from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a novel approach for identifying how chemicals in the environment--called environmental estrogens--can produce infertility, abnormal reproductive development, including "precocious puberty," and promote breast cancer.


Full story at https://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2016/20161229nettles.html

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Scripps Research Institute


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