Chemical safety without animals

Primary human cells provide mechanistic information for toxicology studies. The move away from using research animals to study toxicology is examined.

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Published in:Nature biotechnology 2014-06, Vol.32 (6), p.541-543
Main Authors: Westmoreland, Carl, Carmichael, Paul L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Testing Alternatives - methods
Animals
High-Throughput Screening Assays - methods
Humans
Laboratory animals
Medical research
Models, Biological
Small Molecule Libraries
Toxicity Tests - methods
Toxicology
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Summary:Primary human cells provide mechanistic information for toxicology studies. The move away from using research animals to study toxicology is examined.
ISSN:1087-0156
1546-1696
DOI:10.1038/nbt.2922