Change often involves a pivotal event that builds on previous history and opens the door to a new era. Pivotal events in science include the discovery of penicillin, the elucidation of the DNA double ...

ANIMAL TESTING has long been considered the gold standard for environmental toxicology, the determination of the toxicity of chemicals found in the environment. But animal testing takes a long time ...

Toxicity-testing strategies designed to generate information on potential hazards or risks posed by environmental agents have evolved in response to legislative mandates, scientific developments, and ...

Sixteen federal agencies partnered to develop a strategic roadmap that offers a new framework for the safety testing of drugs and chemicals, which aims to provide more human relevant toxicology data ...

A study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that advanced algorithms working from large chemical databases can predict a new chemical's toxicity better than ...

Medicinal chemists know their latest compound won't be taken seriously as a drug lead until it's proven its punch in animal models. Stem cells, however, may turn out to be a promising alternative to ...

Washington State Patrol officials say a backlog in toxicology testing is delaying impaired driving investigations across the ...

Biocompatibility testing is a necessary part of any medical device validation process. It is governed by FDA’s ISO 10993 guidance document, a seemingly rigid statement that provides a general matrix ...

The use of animals to test the toxicity of chemicals may one day become outdated thanks to a low-cost, high-speed algorithm. The use of animals to test the toxicity of chemicals may one day become ...

A new study shows that fish embryo toxicity tests using the Chinese rare minnow may provide a promising alternative to ...

New facility in Addis Ababa expands DNA analysis, forensic science and toxicology services, reducing reliance on overseas ...