Toxicogenomics: an effective method that spares animals from lab testing!
Toxicogenomics is a new method for toxicity testing that is faster, more efficient, and cheaper than animal testing. One Voice and Antidote Europe have been working together to further this revolutionary technique.
Toxicogenomics is a new method for toxicity testing that is faster, more efficient, and cheaper than animal testing. One Voice and Antidote Europe have been working together to further this revolutionary technique.
The principal behind toxicogenomics, an applied genomics process discovered ten years ago, is to identify genes by exposing individual cells to a chemical product. One Voice and Antidote Europe published a full report on this method that can be made available upon request.
A more efficient method!
According to studies, the toxicogenomic approach, when compared with animal testing, yielded more accurate results. Furthermore, the toxicogenomic method is a hundred times faster and cheaper than
animal testing. And unlike other methods, it does not pose any health risks.
Two decisive advantages
Firstly, Toxicogenomics is advantageous in that it provides information essential to understanding cellular mechanisms, along with a comprehensive evaluation of toxic risk in both the short and long term. It also has the unique ability of simultaneously identifying a large number of potential disease pathways such as cancer, neurological diseases, inflammatory responses, metabolic problems, embryonic and reproductive issues, all in a single experiment.
A universal method
Additionally, toxicogenomic techniques can also be used to test for toxicity in animal, terrestrial, aquatic, or plant species. Therefore, this method has the potential to become the standard for toxic risk assessment, not only concerning human health, but also with regard to preserving biodiversity. Not only can this technique save animals, but it is also the way of the future!
Support One Voice’s fight against animal testing!
“… Given that harmful substances can be responsible for major diseases, including cancer and dementia, it is imperative that they are eliminated from the environment. Since goods move freely between European borders, the European Commission must implement a system to reliably assess toxic hazards and abandon the animal testing model touted by the REACH project. ” (in” The toxicogenomics – A toxic risk assessment for humans ” A report by Antidote Europe and One Voice, September 2005).