The seminar given by Dr. Tice and Dr. Paules focused on the “Toxicology in the 21st Century Partnership” (or “Tox21”) . Launched in 2007, Tox21 is a U.S. multiagency collaborative effort involving the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)/National Toxicology Program (NTP), the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) National Center for Computational Toxicology, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Tox21 was formed in response to the fact that are tens of thousands of chemicals in our daily life that we have minimal understanding of potential toxic effects on humans. The goal of Tox21 is to develop more efficient and less time-consuming approaches to predict how chemicals may affect human health, leading to better regulations and treatments in cases of exposure.
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