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The most up-to-date and comprehensive source for studies on fluoride's multifaceted effects on human and animal health, with 100+ years of research organized by health category, type of study, author, journal, and date.
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Fluoride enhances generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, oxidizes hemoglobin, lowers antioxidant power and inhibits transmembrane electron transport in isolated human red blood cells.

January 7, 2021 | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | Maheshwari N, Qasim N, Anjum R, Mahmood R. | 208:111611.
References Abbas et al., 2017. M. Abbas, M.H. Siddiqi, K. Khan, K. Zahra, A.U. NaqviHaematological evaluation of sodium fluoride toxicity in oryctolagus cunniculus. Toxicol. Rep., 4 (2017), pp. 450-454. Article. Adedara et al., 2017. I.A. Adedara, T.J.D. Ojuade, B.F. Olabiyi, U.F. Idris, E.M. Onibiyo, O.F. Ajeigbe, E.O. Farombi. Taurine ameliorates oxidative damage and thyroid dysfunction in rats chronically exposed to fluoride. Biol. Trace Elem. Res., 175 (2) (2017), pp. 388-3

Engineered fluoride sensitivity enables biocontainment and selection of genetically-modified yeasts

October 29, 2020 | Nature Communications | Yoo JI, Seppala S, OMalley MA. | 11:5459.
References Hayden, E. C. Synthetic-biology firms shift focus. Nature 505, 598 (2014). ADS  PubMed  Article  CAS  PubMed Central  Google Scholar Li, M. & Borodina, I. Application of synthetic biology for production of chemicals in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res. 15, 1–12 (2015). PubMed  Article  CAS  PubMed Central  Google Scholar Collins, J. J. & Khalil, A. S. Synthetic biology: applications come of age. Nat. Rev. Genet. 11, 367