title: Toxicity testing moves from the legislature to the petri dish-and back.
abstract: With the growing cost of using animals to test the safety of new chemicals and an increasing backlog of chemicals awaiting testing, the quest for cell-based in vitro alternatives for toxicity testing is gaining momentum.
authors: Trisha
authors: T
authors: Gura
mesh_terms: D000826:Animal Testing Alternatives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000818:Animals; D005060:Europe; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal; D018675:Toxicity Tests / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency