US federal agencies have said that researchers are finding a new way for toxicology testing. Growing number of new chemicals, high testing costs and people’s discomfort with animal testing are the reasons of finding such new ways.
The five-year memo of agreement announced two NIH institutes and the EPA have come together to use the NIH Chemical Genomics Center’s high-speed, automated screening robots.
“This research collaboration has the potential to make crucial discoveries that will protect the public health by identifying and understanding chemical toxicants to which people are exposed,” said NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, MD.
Apart from avoiding animals involved in testing, the new association is also targeted at generating data that is more relevant to humans, expanding the number of chemicals that are tested and also reducing the time and money.
This new agreement is a result of 14 agency federal efforts announced last week to avoid animals to be used for testing.
