Ushering in the new toxicology: toxicogenomics and the public interest.(Commentary)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Balbus, John M. | Copyright information

New scientific tools spawned by the genomics revolution promise to improve our ability to identify causative factors in human diseases. But as these new tools elucidate the complex interactions between chemical toxins and biologic systems, the strain on traditional ways of understanding toxic effects grows. Despite major advances in the science and technology of these new toxicogenomics tools, scientific and political complexities threaten to delay the use of toxicogenomics to furt...

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