Over the past decades, many studies have provided evidence for nicotine involvement in the modulation of fibroblast activation and function in various systems, such as the heart, lung, gingiva, prostate, and joints
Since the most intercalating compound corresponded with the most potent topoisomerase I poison and cytotoxic agent, the 9-methyl ( 2 ) and 9-phenylpropyl ( 3 ) derivatives of harmine displayed a significant and broader spectrum of cytotoxic activities against the three tumor cell lines examined (human lung carcinoma 95-D, gastric carcinoma SGC7901 and hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2)
The use of glyphosate on farmland has skyrocketed since the mid-1990s, when biotech companies introduced genetically engineered crop varieties (often called GMOs) that can withstand being blasted with glyphosate
John Barned-Smith and Gabrielle Banks, Inside the lucrative smuggling operation that sees millions of Chinese cigarettes pass through Texas, Houston Chronicle, Jul
