TY - JOUR
T1 - Response to Gribaldo and Hartung
T2 - New hepatocytes for toxicology?
AU - Sacco, Maria Grazia
AU - Vezzoni, Paolo
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - The identification of chemical and physical agents potentially hazardous for human health remains a challenge. On one hand, society demands strict controls to ensure that new chemicals come into contact with humans and animals only when they have been proved absolutely safe; and on the other hand, the identification of non-toxic compounds is a time- and money-consuming process because cheap high-throughput assays are not yet available. In addition, an animal-based testing step required to fulfil scientific standards clashes with the personal beliefs of a large strata of the population.
AB - The identification of chemical and physical agents potentially hazardous for human health remains a challenge. On one hand, society demands strict controls to ensure that new chemicals come into contact with humans and animals only when they have been proved absolutely safe; and on the other hand, the identification of non-toxic compounds is a time- and money-consuming process because cheap high-throughput assays are not yet available. In addition, an animal-based testing step required to fulfil scientific standards clashes with the personal beliefs of a large strata of the population.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.10.011
DO - 10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.10.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:8144226649
SN - 0167-7799
VL - 22
SP - 615
EP - 616
JO - Trends in Biotechnology
JF - Trends in Biotechnology
IS - 12
ER -