Vanessa De La Rosa shows that the solvent TCE damages DNA -- in yeast
Channel: EnviroHealthBerkeley
Date: 2014-02-26

Vanessa De La Rosa is a graduate student and trainee in the Superfund Research Program at Berkeley.  Working in the lab of Professor Chris Vulpe, her works shows that a solvent that is commonly found in groundwater at Superfund sites damages DNA in a yeast model.  This suggests that the same may occur in humans.  Next she will look at whether TCE damage contributes to cancer. 

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