- Library Journal «If knowledge is power, then getting more people to understand how omnipresent
potentially damaging toxins are is a vital first step.»
Not exact matches
Like jewels in a vault, our precious genetic material is stored in the nucleus of a cell — sequestered away from
potentially damaging cellular components and
toxins so that no harm can come to it.
On the drinking - water front, researchers from IBM, Central Glass, Ltd., of Japan, the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia, and the University of Texas at Austin are developing a new type of membrane that is resistant to
damage by chlorine (the chemical most often used prevent bacterial growth in water supplies) and designed to filter out salts and harmful
toxins in water such as arsenic (long - term exposure of which has been linked to cancer and other ailments)
potentially creating new sources of drinking water.
Jansen is among those who think that a compromised network of blood vessels in the brain triggers Alzheimer's by allowing
toxins to cross the blood - brain barrier,
potentially leading to
damage to neurons and inflammation.
Toxins from dental disease can seep into the pet's bloodstream,
potentially infecting and
damaging other vital organs, such as the liver, kidneys, and brain.