Genes and Environment (Sep 2019)

Comprehensive framework between environment and genomic stability: the open symposium of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society (JEMS) in 2019

  • Katsuyoshi Horibata,
  • Masashi Sekimoto,
  • Kei-ichi Sugiyama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41021-019-0132-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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Abstract The open symposium of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society (JEMS), under the title of “Comprehensive framework between environment and genomic stability,” was held in the Main Conference Room of the Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research, Tokyo, on June 8, 2019. To understand the relationship between genes and environmental mutagens, the symposium highlights the research activities in the fields of cancer, carcinogenesis and related diseases caused by genomic instabilities, including epigenetic and metabolomic alterations. The symposium was planned to help familiarize attendees with the current trends in research on genome safety. The organizers herein present a summary of the symposium.

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