Report of the Subpanel on Short Term Tests of the Ad Hoc Panel on Chemical Carcinogenesis Testing and Evaluation to the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Advisors: A Summary

Download or read book Report of the Subpanel on Short Term Tests of the Ad Hoc Panel on Chemical Carcinogenesis Testing and Evaluation to the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Advisors: A Summary written by Frederica P. Perera and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ad Hoc Panel on Chemical Carcinogenesis Testing and Evaluation prepared a report recommending to the National Toxicology Board of Scientific Counselors methods that NTP should use to detect and evaluate chemical carcinogens. The Ad Hoc Panel consisted of three subpanels: the first dealing with short term tests, the second with subchronic studies, and the third with chronic studies. The first subpanel reviewed the advantages/disadvantages and correlation data for short term tests in general. The NTP short term testing program involved: Salmonella Typhimurium, L5178Y Lymphoma (TK+/-Forward Mutation Assay); Chromosome Aberration and Sister Chromatid Exchange (SCE) - Chinese Hamster Ovary In Vitro; Unscheduled DNA Synthesis (UDS) - Rat Hepatocyte (Rat Liver Primary Cell Culture Assay); Cell Transformation.