human exposure/rodent potency index

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human exposure/rodent potency index

pathology

Also known as: HERP index

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Bruce Ames
The Ames test
Known as the HERP (human exposure/rodent potency) index, the system rates carcinogenesis according to the degree to which a chemical induces tumour growth in experimental animals. Ames considered HERP to be “an index of possible hazard.” Drawing on HERP data, he and colleagues wrote in a letter to…
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Known as the HERP (human exposure/rodent potency) index, the system rates carcinogenesis according to the degree to which a chemical induces tumour growth in experimental animals. Ames considered HERP to be “an index of possible hazard.” Drawing on HERP data, he and colleagues wrote in a letter to…
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