Tag: lung
No DNA damage with Ecigs claim BAT researchers
DNA damage, a proxy for genotoxic exposure
The γH2AX assay is tool that allows quantifying DNA damage. This is the test BAT researchers are using to determine...
How Does a Cloud Get to Where it is Going?
When I first looked up and saw that the clouds were coming from the south, I felt content – they were moving in the...
Focus on chocolate and nutty e-liquid flavor 2,5-dimethylpyrazine
Current research in the domain of e-cigarette addresses the physiological effects of the different constituents of e-liquids on aerial tracts, an unexplored area that has...
Watch BBC Horizon – E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace?
Michael Mosley addressed his questions regarding e-cigarettes, the questions public asks about e-cigarettes, to several experts among which Dr Marcej Goniewicz and Dr Mark Travers (Roswell...
E-vapor, less harmful than tobacco smoke but still not innocuous, why?
Shen and co-authors demonstrated that significant differences in cellular response exist between e-vapor and tobacco smoke exposed cells. They further demonstrated that e-vapor has clear...
Ecigs and the “collateral benefits” on the respiratory function
A few weeks ago, the pulmonologist Riccardo Polosa and his co-authors from the University of Catania, Italy, confirmed preliminary findings of health benefits by switching to electronic cigarettes...
E-liquids: The absence of Diacetyl as a new selling point?
Once upon a time: the origins
This topical subject could actually find its origins in the early Vap-ocene, the so-called great era of the vape. As highlighted...
Italy, a new impact study relativizes immediate steam effects when vaping...
Vaping without nicotine for 5 minutes
At the time of their study, the scientific literature on the effects of vaping without nicotine was scarce. They decided to carry...
