Purpose Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype that disproportionately affects women of African ancestry (WAA) and is often associated with poor survival. Although there is a high prevalence of TNBC across West Africa and in women of the African diaspora, there has been no comprehensive genomics study to investigate the mutational profile of ancestrally related women across the Caribbean an...

The triazine herbicide atrazine is routinely detected in freshwaters, and has also been detected in coastal waters in Europe and the US. Relatively few atrazine studies have been conducted with estuarine/marine invertebrates. This study sought to contribute additional invertebrate atrazine toxicity data using model species, Eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) and Mysid shrimp ( Americamysis bahia ). Specifically, we inves...

Most Americans are at least three generations removed from the farm, thereby at least three generations removed from the reality of where their food comes from. Not surprisingly, there are many misconceptions about modern food production, including the potential collateral environmental damage attributed to agriculture, particularly the application of pesticides. However, the implication of conventional agriculture in the broa...