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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Prof. Luoping Zhang (University of California Berkeley, USA)Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry Imprint: Royal Society of Chemistry Volume: Volume 37 Weight: 0.772kg ISBN: 9781782629733ISBN 10: 1782629734 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 24 May 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction to Formaldehyde; Formaldehyde Exposure, Regulation, and Metabolism; Formaldehyde Exposure in China; General Toxicity of Formaldehyde; Formaldehyde Carcinogenesis; Formaldehyde Exposure and Leukemia Risk; Potential Mechanisms of Formaldehyde-Induced Leukemia; Formaldehyde Induced Leukemia-Specific Chromosomal Aneuploidy; Formaldehyde-Associated Brain Tumors; Formaldehyde-Associated Neurodegenerative Diseases; Formaldehyde Toxicity in Children; Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of Formaldehyde Exposure in Humans; Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of Formaldehyde Exposure in Animals; Mechanisms of Action for Formaldehyde-Induced Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity; Conclusions and Future DirectionsReviewsFormaldehyde is pretty much everywhere; from the cells in our body, to the air we breathe to a galaxy far, far away. This ubiquitous compound pervades the world (and the universe) as we know it. Formaldehyde is a gas, but you probably know it in its dissolved form as a formalin solution that is used to preserve the dead in embalming and biological specimens in museum archives and biology labs. As a gas, you may have had the misfortune to encounter it in cigarette smoke, as it escapes from materials used to build a new home or office building, such as hardwood flooring or particle board. If you were a survivor of the disastrous Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, you may have been housed in a trailer emitting unhealthy levels of formaldehyde. Its multiple uses, however, cannot be denied. Indeed, the first synthetic plastic ever made, Bakelite, developed by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, was formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. This discovery led to the plastics revolution and the rise of modernity after the Second World War. Formaldehyde is also a known human carcinogen, a cancer-causing agent, although the types of cancer it causes remain controversial. Professor Luoping Zhang has contributed a great deal to our scientific understanding as to how formaldehyde causes cancer, especially human leukemia. She was the lead author on a scientific paper in 2010, which has become known even to members of Congress as the Zhang Study . It showed that workers exposed to formaldehyde had significantly elevated levels of leukemia-specific chromosome changes in their myeloid blood progenitor cells, from which leukemia can develop. This was a landmark study of great importance in our understanding of formaldehyde carcinogenicity. I have known Professor Zhang since I served on her dissertation committee in 1990. After completing her Ph.D. she joined my laboratory and quickly became a key player. She was largely responsible for our successful collection of biospecimens from of Chinese workers exposed to benzene and butadiene from the early 1990s. She has conducted many studies in China since then and became strongly interested in the health effects of formaldehyde exposure after we collected biospecimens for the above-mentioned study into the late 2000s. Since then she has made formaldehyde her major subject of academic research and is a world-renowned expert on this compound. She has published original studies in human populations, studies in experimental animals and cell cultures, meta-analyses and reviews on formaldehyde toxicity and carcinogenesis. Her academic journey has culminated in the publication of this highly informative book that is certain to be methodically researched and put together with great enthusiasm. These are qualities Professor Zhang brings to all her endeavors. Few people I have known have the honesty, drive and intelligence that Professor Zhang demonstrates in abundance. Enjoy her book! -- Martyn T. Smith,Professor of Toxicology and Kenneth and Marjorie Kaiser Chair of Cancer Epidemiology Director, Superfund Research Program and Deputy Director, Koret Institute of Precision Prevention, Division of Environmental Health Sciences School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley Formaldehyde is pretty much everywhere; from the cells in our body, to the air we breathe to a galaxy far, far away. This ubiquitous compound pervades the world (and the universe) as we know it. Formaldehyde is a gas, but you probably know it in its dissolved form as a formalin solution that is used to preserve the dead in embalming and biological specimens in museum archives and biology labs. As a gas, you may have had the misfortune to encounter it in cigarette smoke, as it escapes from materials used to build a new home or office building, such as hardwood flooring or particle board. If you were a survivor of the disastrous Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, you may have been housed in a trailer emitting unhealthy levels of formaldehyde. Its multiple uses, however, cannot be denied. Indeed, the first synthetic plastic ever made, Bakelite, developed by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, was formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. This discovery led to the plastics revolution and the rise of modernity after the Second World War. Formaldehyde is also a known human carcinogen, a cancer-causing agent, although the types of cancer it causes remain controversial. Professor Luoping Zhang has contributed a great deal to our scientific understanding as to how formaldehyde causes cancer, especially human leukemia. She was the lead author on a scientific paper in 2010, which has become known even to members of Congress as the Zhang Study. It showed that workers exposed to formaldehyde had significantly elevated levels of leukemia-specific chromosome changes in their myeloid blood progenitor cells, from which leukemia can develop. This was a landmark study of great importance in our understanding of formaldehyde carcinogenicity. I have known Professor Zhang since I served on her dissertation committee in 1990. After completing her Ph.D. she joined my laboratory and quickly became a key player. She was largely responsible for our successful collection of biospecimens from of Chinese workers exposed to benzene and butadiene from the early 1990s. She has conducted many studies in China since then and became strongly interested in the health effects of formaldehyde exposure after we collected biospecimens for the above-mentioned study into the late 2000s. Since then she has made formaldehyde her major subject of academic research and is a world-renowned expert on this compound. She has published original studies in human populations, studies in experimental animals and cell cultures, meta-analyses and reviews on formaldehyde toxicity and carcinogenesis. Her academic journey has culminated in the publication of this highly informative book that is certain to be methodically researched and put together with great enthusiasm. These are qualities Professor Zhang brings to all her endeavors. Few people I have known have the honesty, drive and intelligence that Professor Zhang demonstrates in abundance. Enjoy her book! --Martyn T. Smith, Professor of Toxicology and Kenneth and Marjorie Kaiser Chair of Cancer Epidemiology Director, Superfund Research Program and Deputy Director, Koret Institute of Precision Prevention, Division of Environmental Health Sciences School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley Author InformationFor the past two decades, my research has focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of bone marrow toxicity caused by benzene and other toxic chemicals, including butadiene, formaldehyde, tricholoroethylene, and arsenic. Our investigations have mainly involved the detection of biomarkers associated with these chemical exposures in molecular epidemiological studies. We investigated specific chromosomal aneuploidies and rearrangements in many of these studies, as well as in mature and progenitor human cells by a molecular cytogenetic method named FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization). To identify additional novel biomarkers and disease-related mechanisms associated with these chemical exposures, we have developed and continue to employ many high-throughput technologies, such as single-cell genetic analysis (SCGA), advanced omic-based methodologies, next-generation sequencing (NGS), RNAi (RNA interference), and, most recently, CRISPR-Cas9. Besides my long-term involvement and contributions to the Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study (NCCLS), I have been a co-project leader and/or co-principal investigator in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE), the Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP), and the Center for Exposure Biology (CEB) at Berkeley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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