Tox21 STEPping into the world of computational toxicology 21 Nov 2020December 29, 2021 Featured image was obtained from Wikimedia Commons and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. This report was provided to the Society of Toxicology following my selection as…
Tox21 Pathway-based toxicology 19 Feb 2019November 27, 2022 Featured image: A ripple effect on water. Image source: Sergiu Bacioiu from Romania [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)] Think about the ripple effect. Where one thing causes a series of other…
Tox21 How toxicology needs to change 26 Jan 2019December 29, 2021 Featured image: A change is coming? Image source: Amman Wahab Nizamani [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons We spoke in some length about why toxicology needs to change. There…
Tox21 Why toxicology needs to change 7 Jan 2019December 29, 2021 Featured image: Chemicals and drugs are often tested on rats and mice. Photo source: NIH National Cancer Institute Like most people, you may have suffered from a common cold, headache…
Basics of Toxicology Testing for toxicity 21 Dec 2018December 29, 2021 Featured image: A lot of toxicity testing takes place in the lab (Yakuzakorat [CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons) Before I explain why and how scientists test the toxicity…