Diana Castañeda-Cortés is currently employed at the Ecotoxicogenomics and Endocrine Disruption Laboratory in Quebec. Her focus is on investigating the genetic and endocrine aspects of sex determination mechanisms, and how they are impacted by climate change in aquatic species.

Cancer drug pollution is a growing global concern
May 18, 2024 11:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
As incidence of cancer increases globally, the use of cancer drugs is also growing at a rate of approximately 10 per cent per year in developed countries. Pharmaceuticals significantly contribute to the improvement of...

Oct 16, 2023 09:10 am UTC| Nature
In 1981, scientists discovered that female fish exposed to high temperatures developed testes instead of ovaries. Since then, over 1,100 studies on different animal species, including 400 on freshwater fish, have found...