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Microarray technology offers alternative approach for toxicity testing
LGC scientists have published the results of a study to determine the reproducibility of in vitro toxicogenomics data, which indicate that these methods are sufficiently robust and reproducible to allow their further investigation in regulatory risk assessment.
In vitro studies offer quicker, cheaper and more ethical alternatives to animal testing. Driven by the introduction of legislation such as REACH, as well as an amendment to the Cosmetics Directive, banning marketing of cosmetic products containing ingredients tested on animals, there has been a concerted effort to develop in vitro assays for regulatory toxicity risk assessment.
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