Global Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Molecular Toxicology

Molecular toxicology is a field concerned with study of the effects of various chemical substances on living organisms. Molecular toxicology includes the Knowledge of applied fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, toxicology, as well as academic research. Molecular toxicology involves research in biophysics and biochemistry heavily as well as application of the knowledge in laboratory and environmental processes. Sessions in the area of molecular toxicology studies the effects of chemicals on live microscopic organisms. This form of toxicology includes the study of both naturally occurring and synthetic components as chemicals and other molecules. Also considered are the effects of factors such as genetic, physiologic and environmental on the organisms.