Toxicology

Toxicology is the branch of science that accords with the different fields of science like biology, chemistry, physics, pharmacology, environmental biology, and many more. This branch diagnoses and treats the toxins and their effectiveness. Read more about Medical Toxicology.

Toxicology Research

Oxford Academy will publish toxicology research in 2020 and will be internationally impactful. This journal covers chemical and biological toxic components, their mechanism, and increasing chances. This toxicology research included many points that are described below.

Biomarkers of Toxicity

Researchers used biomarkers to check the biological changes that occur due to toxins. They can easily measure or identify the toxicity by understanding the biomarkers.

Biotransformation and Transporters

Biotransformation is a process of biology. In this process, a substance changes to another chemical through a chemical reaction. The transporters facilitate the movement. This process considers primary in the research because the toxicant’s activity increases or decreases through this process.

Carcinogenicity and Genotoxicity

A carcinogen causes carcinogenicity. A carcinogen is a compound that stimulates carcinogenesis, and it results in the formation of cancer.

Genotoxic substances bind with the DNA and stop the DNA functioning or can damage the DNA.

Clinical Toxicology

In clinical toxicology, scientists deal with the adverse or side effects and quantity of toxicity. They measured or discussed the poisonous effects and also observed the treatment caused by toxic drugs.

Computational Modeling, Predictive Toxicology, and Artificial Intelligence

Computational modeling is part of the toxicology research, and it contains tools, mathematics, statistics, and other models to observe or understand the mechanisms of the toxic compounds.

In predictive toxicology, scientists check the chemical toxicity by using non-animal testing methods to determine the effect of a chemical on the biological system.

In artificial intelligence, the premarketing is done on the toxicity of chemical compounds with the help of the evaluation. It is also known as deep learning.

Environmental Health

Environmental health in the toxicology deals with the side effects on health due to toxic compounds exposed to the environment. The natural and living environment is part of environmental health.

Exposure Assessment

In toxicology, research scientists estimate the frequency, quantity, and duration of the toxic compounds or toxicity on human beings. They also determine the pathway and then pathway-specific dose.

Food Toxicology

The toxic compounds are not only present in the environment but also in the food. In the research, the researchers studied the properties, nature, detection of the toxic substances in the food, and possible diseases.

Organ Specific Toxicology

In the organ-specific toxicology, the toxic compounds act directly or indirectly on the organs and can disrupt an organ’s normal functioning or mechanism. It can also cause cell poisoning.

Nanotoxicology and Advanced Materials

Nanomaterials also have side effects on organisms. In the nanotoxicology points, scientists observe the adverse effect or impact of the nanomaterials.