CAMBRIDGE, MASS.—Medical researchers in this university town are no longer allowed to use two well-known animal toxicity tests after passage of the first legislation of its type in the country. The ...
JoEllen Zembruski-Ruple, while in the care of New York City’s renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, swallowed the first three chemotherapy pills to treat her squamous cell carcinoma on Jan.
Regular blood testing to check for toxicity from standard rheumatoid arthritis drugs is recommended. However, guidelines are vague as to how frequently and for how long such testing should occur.
A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report provides an overview of new approach methods in human health risk assessment of chemicals, and calls on the U.S. Environmental ...
As pressure increases on major pharma to bring new compounds into development, so too does pressure to make sure that these compounds are safe to test in humans. As evidenced in the TGN1214 trial last ...
Microbial contaminants like airborne bacteria and fungi can make up more than a third of indoor air pollution. Yet, while many countries regulate chemical pollutants, most have no legally binding ...