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Current Techniques and Models for Assessing the Developmental Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants
Yan Jiang1, Stanley Aniagu2, Tao Chen3
1Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University.
Articles Discussed:
Ding, J. et al. Using Alizarin Red staining to detect chemically induced bone loss in zebrafish larvae. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (178), e63251 (2021). Huang, Y. et al. Using immunofluorescence to detect PM2.5-induced DNA damage in zebrafish embryo hearts. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (168), e62021 (2021). Jiang, Q. X., Xu, X. H., DeWitt, J. C., Zheng, Y. X. Using chicken embryo as a powerful tool in assessment of developmental cardiotoxicities. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (169), e62189 (2021). Song, Y., Li, R., Li, L., Ouyang, F., Men, X. Evaluating the effect of pesticides on the larvae of the solitary bees. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (176), e62946 (2021).
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