Market OutlookThe global in vitro toxicity testing market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of around 10% during the forecast period, reflecting the increasing need for safer, ...

A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report provides an overview of new approach methods in human health risk assessment of chemicals, and calls on the U.S. Environmental ...

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 ...

To test whether chemicals are toxic to humans, researchers need to use liver cells that have been freshly harvested from mice or other mammals. A new collection of stable cell lines, described in BMC ...

To test whether chemicals are toxic to humans, researchers need to use liver cells that have been freshly harvested from mice or other mammals. A new collection of stable cell lines, described in BMC ...

Representatives from four international agencies, including the director of the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), today signed a memorandum of cooperation that could reduce the number of animals ...

Federal agencies with the job of protecting human health have long relied on toxicity tests on laboratory animals to help them decide whether to regulate chemicals. These experiments are expensive and ...