New technology tracks carcinogens as they move through the body

Researchers for the first time have developed a method to track through the human body the movement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, as extraordinarily tiny amounts of these potential carcinogens are biologically processed and eliminated.

The pioneering work has been the forcus Ph.D. research by Erin Madeen of the Williams laboratory in the Environmental and Molecular Toxicology department at Oregon State. Erin's studies were support in part by an award from the Superfund Research Program at NIEHS for her work at lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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