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Dangers Of Aluminum Foil

Dangers Of Aluminum Foil

You may be putting you and yours in harms way if you use aluminum foil in the kitchen, as aluminum has been scrutinized for years in the scientific community for its potential role as a neurotoxin. Aluminum does not have a physiological role within the human body which gives it the potential to cause significant …

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Biotech Lung On A Chip Simulating Lung Disease

Biotech Lung On A Chip Simulating Lung Disease

Innovative new biotechnology could reduce cost and time of developing medicines to treat lung disease such as pulmonary fibrosis, as published in the journal Nature Communications.    It is difficult to develop new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis due to it being difficult to mimic how the disease damages and scars lung tissue over time, …

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