The Immune System Metabolism, And Genes Controlling Aging Can Be Influenced By Exposure To Man-Made Chemicals
Today humans are exposed to thousands of man-made chemicals. Yet the effects on people’s health are still not fully understood.
In 2020 the number of registered chemicals reached 167 million. Every day people are exposed to them through food, water, contaminated air, drugs, cosmetics and other man-made substances. Less than 1% of these chemicals were tested for toxicity, and those that were tested demonstrate ability to disrupt almost every biological process in our body. Can we infer how cumulative exposures shape our health?
I am an environmental toxicologist studying effects of man-made chemicals on our health. I decided to develop a computational approach to objectively compare sensitivity of all genes to all chemicals and identify the most vulnerable biological processes.
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