Cardiovascular and Developmental Toxicology

Faculty within the cardiovascular and developmental toxicology focus areas are investigating health impacts of agents on the cardiovascular system and during organismal development.

Faculty: Howard Beall, J. Douglas Coffin

Research Highlights: Arsenic and atherosclerosis

Arsenic and atherosclerosis - Cross sections of innominate arteries from mice exposed to regular drinking water (A) and water containing arsenic (B).

The mice exposed to arsenic had approximately 20% larger atherosclerotic plaques than control mice.