Oncology & Cancer
Study: Mice that vaped nicotine for a year had big increase in tumor growth
New research in mice suggests that long-term exposure to vaping liquids that contain nicotine greatly increases the risk of cancer.
Oct 7, 2019
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Health
Study suggests flavored e-cigarettes may worsen asthma
A study into the impact of flavoured e-cigarettes, on allergic airways disease, suggests that some flavours may worsen the severity of diseases such as asthma. For the first time a model of asthma was used to investigate ...
Sep 20, 2019
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Medical research
Study finds electronic cigarettes damage brain stem cells
A research team at the University of California, Riverside, has found that electronic cigarettes, often targeted to youth and pregnant women, produce a stress response in neural stem cells, which are critical cells in the ...
Jul 1, 2019
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Health
E-cigarette use, flavorings may increase heart disease risk, study finds
The flavoring liquid for electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease when inhaled, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
May 27, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early life exposure to nicotine alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction later
Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the brains of newborn mice, increasing their preference for the drug in later adulthood, report researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine ...
May 22, 2019
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Neuroscience
Metabolite may play a role in nicotine addiction
A substance that scientists identify to screen people for nicotine use may also play a role in smokers becoming addicted to tobacco.
Apr 19, 2019
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Medical research
Nicotine may harm human embryos at the single-cell level
Nicotine induces widespread adverse effects on human embryonic development at the level of individual cells, researchers report February 28th in the journal Stem Cell Reports. Single-cell RNA sequencing of human embryonic ...
Feb 28, 2019
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Genetics
New data suggests nicotine while pregnant alters genes
The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston is reporting in the journal Nature Scientific Reports that a possible cure for addiction may be found by following the pathways of significantly altered dopamine ...
Feb 6, 2019
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Health
E-cigarettes more effective than nicotine replacement therapies, finds major trial
E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement treatments, such as patches and gum, at helping smokers to quit, according to a clinical trial led by Queen Mary University of London.
Jan 30, 2019
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Father's nicotine use can cause cognitive problems in children and grandchildren
A father's exposure to nicotine may cause cognitive deficits in his children and even grandchildren, according to a study in mice publishing on October 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Pradeep Bhide of Florida ...
Oct 16, 2018
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