Comet assay news
Wood combustion and cytotoxicity
- Created: Friday, 19 July 2013 13:15
A current ‘hot topic’ in genetic toxicology is the impact of particulate matter on human health arising from log combustion in domestic fires. Workers from the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland and their collaborators, investigated this subject.
Comet assay in cataract research
- Created: Wednesday, 20 March 2013 09:54
Cataract development is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment in the world and the incidence of cataracts continues to increase with the global growing elderly population. Researchers have investigated the mechanisms by which these nutrients provide anti-cataract effects.
Exposure to formaldehyde
- Created: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 10:45
Formaldehyde is a global high-production compound with numerous applications ranging from production of resins to medicines. In order to assess the genotoxic effects of chronic occupational exposure to formaldehyde, a group of pathology/anatomy workers were assessed using the comet assay.
Genotoxicity in furnace workers
- Created: Tuesday, 16 October 2012 12:44
To investigate the hazard to human DNA in furnace operating workers from a coal fired power station, the Afsin-Elbistan-A Power Plant, Turkey, researchers determined the level of DNA damage in blood samples by measuring comet tail intensity.
DNA damage reduced by pea proteins
- Created: Thursday, 06 September 2012 10:02
Recently, researchers in Thailand reported on the antioxidant potential of biological proteins from pigeon pea seeds. These crude pigeon pea proteins were obtained using an extraction procedure, then incubated with TK6 cells before performing the comet assay.