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In vitro Cell Culture Model for Toxic Inhaled Chemical Testing
Published on: May 8, 2014
Exploring in vitro/in vivo correlation: lessons learned from analyzing phase I results of the US EPA's ToxCast
Romualdo Benigni1, Cecilia Bossa, Alessandro Giuliani
1Environmental and Healt Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanita', Rome, Italy. romualdo.benigni@iss.it
Abstract:
The research on alternative toxicological methods provides, among other things, a privileged viewpoint on one of the central issues of modern biomedical research--the relationship between (a) biological phenomena observed at the level of tissues and organisms and (b) their cellular and molecular bases as studied in isolated systems in vitro. The newly released ToxCast Phase 1 results, subject to initial analysis, converge with evidence from other fields (e.g., research on drug design with intensive use of omics technologies, traditional research on alternative tests) in indicating a low degree of the in vitro/in vivo correlation overall. In addition, this and other approaches point to the need for combining biological and chemical information in exploring the in vitro to in vivo connection.
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