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. 2008 Feb 15;319(5865):906-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.1154619.

Toxicology. Transforming environmental health protection

Francis S Collins  1 , George M Gray, John R Bucher
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Toxicology. Transforming environmental health protection

Francis S Collins et al. Science. .
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Figure 1. Transforming toxicology
The studies we propose will test whether high-throughput and computational toxicology approaches can yield data predictive of results from animal toxicity studies, will allow prioritization of chemicals for further testing, and can assist in prediction of risk to humans.
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