A human pluripotent stem cell platform for assessing developmental neural toxicity screening.

Journal Article (Journal Article;Review)

A lack of affordable and effective testing and screening procedures mean surprisingly little is known about the health hazards of many of the tens of thousands of chemicals in use in the world today. The recent rise in the number of children affected by neurological disorders such as autism has stirred valuable debate about the role chemicals play in our daily life, highlighting the need for improved methods of assessing chemicals for developmental neural toxicity.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Hou, Z; Zhang, J; Schwartz, MP; Stewart, R; Page, CD; Murphy, WL; Thomson, JA

Published Date

  • 2013

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 4 Suppl 1 /

Start / End Page

  • S12 -

PubMed ID

  • 24565336

Pubmed Central ID

  • PMC3983661

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1757-6512

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1186/scrt373

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • England