drug discovery

Which are the Main American Regulatory Agencies?

Regulatory agencies in the human toxicology field are responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control of the toxicity and.

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What are the OECD and ICH Guidelines? What do they have in common?

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and the ICH (International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for.

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What do Antisense Oligonucleotides do?

What are Antisense oligonucleotides? Antisense Oligonucleotides (ASO) are short nucleotide chains of 8-50 nucleotides that present the structural.

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What is Alga: Environmental Toxicity Model

Algae are unicellular or multicellular photosynthetic and eukaryotic organisms that grow in fresh and salt water. They are an informal group of.

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Zebrafish models for human diseases

It may surprise you that this tiny stripey tropical fish’s genome is remarkably similar to the human genome. More than 70% of zebrafish’s.

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Batch testing in pre-clinical research

When you take a medicine or have a vaccine you assume it is safe and will not harm you. To support this all new drugs that have been approved for.

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Kidney Toxicity Assessment

A wide variety of compounds are known to have an impact on nephrogenesis and renal functionality. Consequently, there is a need for nephrotoxicity.

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How Are Rare Disease Studies Conducted?

Why are rare disease studies so important? Rare diseases impact people from all walks of life, all over the world. In the United States (USA), a rare.

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Muscle Toxicity Studies: How Zebrafish Models Can Be Used

Muscles play an essential function in human physiology. At the same time, muscle damage can lead to a wide variety of diseases, some of them.

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Zebrafish sperm quality assessment for reproductive toxicity

Reproductive toxicity, also known as reprotoxicity, refers to any substance with a potentially toxic effect on the process of reproduction.

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