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toxicology

Branch of medicine dealing with the study of poisons. This includes the chemical nature of poisons, their origin and preparation, their physiological action, tests to recognize them, pathological changes due to their presence, their antidotes, and their recognition by post-mortem evidence.



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Raymond Tennant, then director of the Cellular and Genetic Toxicology Branch, and his colleagues compared the results for 73 chemicals tested in the 2-year rodent bioassays and in four in vitro, short-term tests.
Specifically, the company uses a client-centered approach in providing bioanalysis, structure identification, genetic toxicology and consulting services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
Chemical Consequences: Environmental Mutagens, Scientist Activism, and the Rise of Genetic Toxicology Scott Frickel Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2004.
 
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