Laboratory model serves as bioassay to test effects of estrogen-like chemicals,including BPA, on developing mouse fetal tissueBOSTON (January 24, or 2017)—A unusual organ culture system developed by scientists from Tufts University School of Medicine now enables tests of the direct effects of chemical exposure,including estrogen and estrogen-like substances, on developing fetal mouse mammary tissue. preceding laboratory models could only measure the joint effect of chemicals and maternal estrogen.
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