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Immunotoxicology And Flow Cytometry Related Resources

General Information about the Immune System

• Understanding the Immune System: How it Works
  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Understanding the Immune System
  National Cancer Institute
• How Your Immune System Works
  How Stuff Works
• Immune System and AIDS Topics
  Medline Plus

Autoimmune Diseases

• Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

Dioxin

• ToxFAQs – dioxin
  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Center for Disease Control
• Questions and Answers about Dioxin
  Food and Drug Administration

Environmental Chemistry And GCMS Related Resources

• Satellite images of significant environmental events
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Clean Air Resources
  US Environmental Protection Agency
• Analytical chemistry related animations (some are college level and higher)
  Personal collection of Dr. Thomas G. Chasteen, Department of Chemistry, Sam Houston State University

DDT and General Pesticide Information

• ToxFAQs – DDT
  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Center for Disease Control
• National Pesticide Information Center
  Oregon State University and US Environmental Protection Agency

Developmental Toxicology and Microarray Related Resources

Cellular Biology and Genetics

• DNA-RNA-Protein
  nobelprize.org
• Transcription and Translation
  www.johnkyrk.com
• National Human Genome Research Institute
  National Institute of Health

Microarrays

• DNA Microarray Methodology
  Department of Biology, Davidson College
• Anatomy of a Comparative Gene Expression Study
  Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
• DNA Chips
  Science NetLinks
• Comparative Toxicogenomics Database
  Mount Desert Island Biological Lab

Developmental Toxicants in “Something’s Fishy”

• Environmental Estrogens
  Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane and Xavier Universities
• Methoxychlor
  ToxFAQs, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
  ToxFAQs, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
  US Environmental Protection Agency

Zebrafish and Animal Models

• Zebrafish K-12
  Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon
• ZFIN: The Zebrafish Information Network
• Model Organisms for Biomedical Research
  National Institutes of Health
• For the Greater Good: Curriculum Guide
  High school classroom activities to accompany the booklet above
  Northwest Association for Biomedical Research

Toxicology And Risk Assessment Resources

• Toxicology Tutor
  National Library of Medicine
• Environmental Health Science Education (for students, teachers, and scientists)
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

In the News

Dioxin

• Liberal Leader From Ukraine Was Poisoned
  New York Times, 12.12.04

Flow Cytometry

• The Hamilton Case: A doctor explains blood doping
  VeloNews, 09.28.04

Atmospheric Transport of Pollutants

• China's mercury flushes into Oregon's rivers
  The Oregonian, 4.13.08 *Featuring the research of Dr. Staci Simonich
• Dozens of Words for Snow, None for Pollution
  Mother Jones Magazine, Jan-Feb 2005
• Arctic Toxins
  Living on Earth, 02.13.04

Microarray

• Advance Helps Explain Stem Cell Behavior
  Biology News Net, 11.21.06 *Featuring Drs. Michael Gross and Chrissa Kioussi, researchers at the Environmental Health Sciences Center
• Epigenetics: The Science Of Change
  Environmental Health Perspectives, March 2006