SSH Seminar Series: Can Type of Food Determine Vulnerability to Arsenic Poisoning?
Presented by Dr. Priyanka Roy Chowdhury: Arsenic (As) compounds are prevalent across the globe, including parts of New Hampshire. Arsenic is a Class I carcinogen that poses a significant threat to human health. The probability of developing arsenic poisoning (or arsenicosis) is dependent on how we process it within our metabolic systems. Particularly, it is seen that malnourishment and poor diet increases susceptibility to arsenicosis. We don’t, however, know the reasons why and how food can influence one’s vulnerability to As. In this talk, the speaker will present data generated by Keene State students using methods in physiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry to explore any such links between food and As poisoning in a model organisms at different levels of the biological hierarchy (i.e., genes, proteins and organisms).
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