Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University are working on a treatment that holds great promise for improving the lives of cystic fibrosis patients. Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic disorder that results in persistent lung infection and afflicts 30,000 people in the U.S., with about 1,000 new cases diagnosed every…
Silver Nanoparticles Sabotage Wastewater Treatment
Research at Oregon State University has shed new light on how an increasingly common consumer product component — silver nanoparticles — can potentially interfere with the treatment of wastewater. The findings suggest conventional toxicity testing methods for silver concentrations at treatment plants may produce results that yield a false sense of security. The research is…