Research Identifying Oxidative Components Contributing to Vaping-linked Lung Injury Highlighted

The research of ETOX graduate students Alexa Canchola, Sabbir Ahmed, and Jin Chen and their advisor, Professor Ying-Hsuan Lin has been recognized by the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology as one of its most popular recent articles.  The study describes the formation of duroquinone, a redox-active compound, from Vitamin E acetate, a component of vaping fluids, and demonstrates that the vaping emissions produce oxidative stress in cellular and acellular systems, which may contribute to lung damage in those that vape.  The article can be accessed here. Our congratulations to Alexa, Sabbir, Jin and Ling-Hsuan for this nice recognition of their work.