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Toxicity Testing
Toxicity Testing: - Biological testing (usually with an invertebrate, fish, or small mammal) to determine the adverse effects of a compound or effluent. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Toxicity Testing:: |
Nature.com (subscription),...predicting chemical effects in humans is a June 2007 National Research Council study, “Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy�.
Is the FDA Being More Cautious? - Jul 13, 2008
About - News & Issues,Pre-clinical and animal toxicity testing has not been successful at predicting human toxicity. This is acknowledged by the FDA and the coalition of
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry 1A.105 protein; Exemption from the ... - Jul 16, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Basing this conclusion on acute oral toxicity data without requiring further toxicity testing and residue data is similar to the Agency position regarding
NewCardio Appoints Peter R. Kowey, MD. to Scientific Advisory Board - Jul 29, 2008
Business Wire (press release),I believe this platform offers the opportunity to enhance the diagnostic value of the electrocardiograph, streamline cardiac toxicity testing in
Animal Testing for Drug Safety—A Necessary Evil? - Jul 23, 2008
Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is coming from when they condemn FDA for not putting an end to toxicity testing on animals.
The Power of Ideas: Perceptions of Animals Shift in Science and ... - Jul 15, 2008
HSUS News,However, the scientific potential of alternatives in toxicity testing and safety evaluation is also driving interest. At many points along the fifty year
Cellumen to Use CellCiphr Platform To Profile 50 Compounds for NCTR - Jul 7, 2008
Cell Based Assay News (subscription),This new information, in turn, could help to refine and reduce the use of animals in toxicity testing. And this past February, three large US government
Free Job Alert - Jul 22, 2008
FierceBiotech,These markets include sales to customers involved in food safety, environmental assessment and testing, water quality and toxicity testing and sales to
Entelos granted new US patent for gene expression test - Jul 11, 2008
Pharmaceutical Business Review...of patents that strengthen our leadership position in both disease simulation and predictive technologies focused on safety and toxicity testing."
About this Author - Jul 24, 2008
Corante,As I’ve said here before, if you don’t cross your fingers when you take a compound into two-week toxicity testing, you haven’t been doing this stuff very
Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. Reports Financial Results for ... - Jul 23, 2008
istockAnalyst.com,...package for this molecule which currently includes multiple experiments for efficacy in vivo and in vitro as well as resistance and toxicity testing.
Cellumen Spins Off Personalized Medicine Unit as Cernostics ... - Jul 16, 2008
MarketWatchDr. Taylor continued, "Cellumen will maintain its core business by focusing on the interface between early drug discovery and early toxicity testing.
Hormesis Deserves the Respect and Attention of Toxicologists - Jul 17, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),During toxicity testing, the health of organisms actually improved when they were exposed to low levels of some chemicals. Hormesis has not been taken
Rember for Alzheimer's: Methylene Blue's Comeback - Jul 31, 2008
Corante,...but the long history in humans is encouraging (and is a key part of TauRx's hopes not to spend so much money on toxicity testing in the clinic - talks
Abandon complex chemicals, protect your health with non-toxic ... - Jul 22, 2008
The Salem News,...more cost-effective toxicity testing methodology (which relies on cellular biological lab investigations amped by computer technology),
Illumina, Avantome, Roche, Metabolon, UT Health Science Center ... - Jul 23, 2008
Pharmacogenomics Reporter (subscription),...“Cellumen will maintain its core business by focusing on the interface between early drug discovery and early toxicity testing,� Lansing Taylor,
Stem Cells Take Center Stage - Jul 20, 2008
The Santa Barbara Independent,...range of research possibilities created by embryonic stem cells — including the nearly limitless potential for drug discoveries and toxicity testing.
Cellumen Spins Off Personalized Medicine Company - Jul 17, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),...“Cellumen will maintain its core business by focusing on the interface between early drug discovery and early toxicity testing,� Lansing Taylor,
US Department Of Energy Joint Genome Institute Announces New - Jul 8, 2008
Power Online (press release),Nevertheless, its utility is manifold: as a biotech protein factory, toxicity testing organism, wastewater remediator, high-protein animal feed,
Alzheimer's Drug Promising <> Benefits Twice That of Existing ... - Jul 30, 2008
RedOrbit,Wischik said the earliest the drug could be available is 2012, and possibly 2013 if the Food and Drug Administration requires more toxicity testing.
'Micro' Livers Could Aid Screening For New Drugs - Nov 18, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Moreover, the expanded toxicity testing capabilities have the potential to allow drug developers to identify toxicity earlier in the development process,
In situ Testing Suggests Current Water Quality Criteria Are ... - Nov 14, 2007
Newswise (press release)Newswise — Concentrations of heavy metals and many other contaminants fluctuate in the environment; however, toxicity testing used to set safe
Nano cancer-bombs and mini organs from MIT - Nov 19, 2007
Register,This work should lead to more reliable toxicity testing for new drugs. According to Geoff von Maltzahn, post-doctoral researcher at the Harvard-MIT division
Bulking up mussels - Dec 2, 2007
Columbia Daily Tribune,Roberts said that most of the juvenile mussels produced from females taken from Silver Fork Creek were used in toxicity testing at the US Geological
Protesters vow to shut down beagle testing lab - Nov 9, 2007
Stuff.co.nz,He said Varc was a contract research business, carrying out chemical toxicity testing for international and local drug companies.
Barbara Sumner Burstyn: Vivisection For Hire - Nov 12, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,Alan Goldenthal has been performing toxicity testing on his beagles. Beagle dogs are the “species of choice� for these kinds of experiments as they are
Protest campaign to shut down company testing dogs - Nov 8, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,VARC is a contract research business, carrying out chemical toxicity testing for international and local drug companies. The crowded and dirty conditions
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Partners with EPA - Nov 20, 2007
PR.com (press release),...the first critical step in incorporating the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences report for “Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century.
Application Brief Describes Automated Cell Viability Workstation - Nov 20, 2007
BioResearch Online (press release),...output from High Throughput Screening (HTS) and the pressure to "frontload" as much toxicity testing as possible during the Drug Discovery process.
EU reveals acrylamide recommendations - Nov 30, 2007
FoodNavigator-USA,The Heatox project has also produced intake calculations, chemical reaction models, exposure assessments, in vivo and in vitro toxicity testing,
Hamner Institute to Work with EPA on Toxicology Project - Nov 20, 2007
WRAL.com,Results of the project are expected to help shape a National Academy of Sciences report for toxicity testing. “The Hamner’s collaboration with the EPA
Collaboration Will Further Speed US EPA Program’s Efforts to ... - Nov 15, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...environmental health protection as envisioned in the recent report of the National Academy of Sciences entitled "Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century".
Company Research on Genetically Modified Foods is Rigged - Nov 21, 2007
Food Consumer,The acute toxicity testing proposed as adequate would simply not pick up cancer, teratology [birth defects] or the long-tem effects of nutrient
EU project provides risk assessment of acrylamide in heated food - Nov 27, 2007
Cordis News,...in vivo and in vitro toxicity testing, mitigation proposals to reduce intake, analytical methods for biomarkers and levels and a risk characterisation.
Potential model for restructuring National Nanotechnology ... - Nov 19, 2007
Nanowerk LLC,Denison pointed to a review just published in Nanotoxicology that found that the “vast majority� of nearly 430 journal papers reporting on toxicity testing
Turnbull Appoints Experts to Ensure Compliance with Pulp Mill ... - Nov 12, 2007
Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription),Further conditions require additional work before the mill is commissioned, including additional hydrodynamic modelling, monitoring and toxicity testing of
Toxicity Testing Without Animals - Aug 5, 2007
Chemical & Engineering NewsBut for drug toxicity testing, the industry still turns to the old standby of rodent tests. Several government organizations are working to adapt
A New Era in Environmental Chemical Testing - Aug 3, 2007
Kansas City infoZine,This three-phased program sets priorities for toxicity testing of environmental chemicals in order to more efficiently obtain critical information necessary
Scientists' blinders cost human and animal lives - Aug 15, 2007
OpEdNews,According to “Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy,� by the Academy’s National Research Council (NRC), toxicity experiments using
Instant Detector Devised - Aug 24, 2007
Photonics.com,His current interests involve the development of a biochip for toxicity testing of chemicals, a high-bandwidth electro-optic modulator, a microphotonic
PETA To Feds On Animal Tests: It's Time For A Change - Aug 15, 2007
PETA (press release),The NAS report is a scathing indictment of US government and industry testing: "[C]urrent toxicity-testing practices [using animals] are long established
Senate Cap and Trade Climate Bill Floated for Comment - Aug 3, 2007
Environment News ServiceThursday the US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, announced that it will speed up toxicity testing of chemicals with high throughput screening in the
Quick Chemical Screening - Aug 8, 2007
Chemical & Engineering NewsThe program is a prelude to a much wider effort by the agency to use computer-assisted toxicity testing. EPA's National Center for Computational Toxicology
Calls for compulsory toxicity levels - Aug 15, 2007
TV3 News,CEO of the Consumers' Institute Sue Chetwin says it is time toxicity testing became compulsory for all imported products.
Ecover loses green backing over 'animal tests' on a 0.2mm flea - Aug 11, 2007
Daily Mail,In correspondence with the Vegan Society, Ecover, which has won a string of awards for its ethical values, said it used water fleas in toxicity testing as
EPA to test 340 environmental chemicals - Aug 2, 2007
Water Technology Online,The three-phased ToxCast program, which began in 2006, sets priorities for toxicity testing of environmental chemicals to more efficiently obtain critical
Lake manager warns of algae - Aug 15, 2007
Newport News Times,Lake district officials are currently investigating toxicity testing for cyanobacteria that, Robertson said, "is expensive and time consuming.
Tighter toy-safety standards needed - Aug 16, 2007
Consumer Online,We say it's time toxicity testing became compulsory for all imported products. There should be more scrutiny of imported goods at the border,
PharmAthene deal gets OK - Aug 9, 2007
Annapolis Capital,PharmAthene will use $34.7 million set aside in the contract for Protexia's initial stage of development, which includes toxicity testing, manufacturing and
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