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Genetic predictors of normal PSA levels in healthy men could be used to improve the accuracy of PSA-based prostate cancer screening, according to findings from a joint study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA.

Read - Salvage LND: Complete PSA response achievable

The aim of the study was an effort to make PSA more accurate and valuable as a prostate cancer screening tool, co-senior author John Witte, PhD, of UCSF, told Urology Times. We were basically trying to obtain personalized PSA levels whereby each person has a specific cutoff that reflects their constitutional PSA levels.

Dr. Witte explained that while PSA tests for prostate cancer were once considered valuable for early cancer detection, that thinking has changed over the last 5 years. Some studies have shown that the tests are not sensitive enough and frequent false positives lead to too many unnecessary medical procedures.

In that time, the use of the test has decreased and the number of prostate cancer diagnoses has dropped, but Dr. Witte noted that the genome-wide association study (GWAS) gives notion that the PSA test could once again regain its place in cancer prevention by factoring in genetic variations that affect the amount of PSA different men naturally produce.

The study consisted of 28,503 men from the Kaiser Permanente cohort and an additional 17,428 men from replication cohorts, with the aggregate representing nearly half a million PSA tests going back as far as 25 years.

This was a very large study of tens of thousands of subjects and hundreds of thousands of PSA levels, primarily in a Kaiser cohort, but also replicated in other study populations, Dr. Witte said.

By having access to such a rich study population, the authors were able to identify 40 genetic regions, or loci, that together predict nearly 10% of normal variation in PSA levels in men who do not have cancer.

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On behalf of Conference Series LLC we are pleased to welcome you all to Chicago, Illinois, USA to attend the 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology during July 20-22, 2017

Toxicology 2017 is one of the most significant conferences in the world where it contains many disciplines related to the research work and which are prominent in the field it is a leading platform to debate and acquire about the present and developing research works of Toxicology and Pharmacology. Toxicology 2017 which is scheduled at Chicago, USA influences main and important advances in the field. The conference may lead to long-lasting scientific collaborations.

Track 1: Toxicology and Pharmacology

The connected discipline of toxicology includes the study of the nature and mechanisms of deleterious effects of chemicals on living beings. The study of toxicology as a distinct, yet related, discipline to pharmacology highlights the emphasis of toxicologists in formulating measures aimed at protective public health against exposures associated with toxic materials in food, air and water, as well as hazards that may be related with drugs. The word pharmacology itself comes from the Greek word. Pharmacology not only includes the sighting of drugs, but also the study of their biochemical properties, mechanisms of action, uses and biological effects.

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9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; Society of Toxicology; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; EUROTOX; German Society of Toxicology

Track 2: Mechanisms of Toxicity

Mechanisms of toxicity are important in both practical and theory wise. It provides a rational basis for understanding descriptive toxicity data, approximating the possibility that a substance will cause risky effects, establishing measures to avoid or antagonize the toxic effects, designing drugs and industrialized chemicals that are fewer hazardous, and evolving pesticides that are more selectively poisonous for their target organisms.

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9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 5th Immunogenicity & Immunotoxicity Conference on February 6-7, 2017 in San Diego, CA; 2nd International Conference on Pollutant Toxic Ions and Molecules, 6 - 9 November 2017, Lisbon, Portugal; Stem Cells in Drug Discovery & Toxicity Screening, July 10-11, 2017, Boston, USA; 19th International Conference on Predictive Human Toxicity, February 16 - 17, 2017, London, United Kingdom; Predicting Drug Toxicity, June 13-14, 2017, Boston, USA; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; EUROTOX; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association;

Track 3: Molecular Toxicology

Molecular toxicology, the use of sub-atomic science standards and advancements to preclinical wellbeing appraisal, speaks to a key apparatus for comprehension systems of danger and surveying the dangers connected with toxicities. The utilization of quality expression markers to early stage preclinical security evaluation can possibly affect pipelines in two fundamental zones: lead improvement and issue administration.

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Track 4: Applied Toxicology

Applied Toxicology deals with the fundamentals in toxicology and risk assessment, including the most important databases. The topics related to Applied Toxicology are Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics and Instrumental Chemistry. Toxicology is the study of the toxic substances which are poisons and their risky effects on biological systems. Drugs are medicines for diseases but can also have unsafe effects prominent to toxicity and deadly injuries

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11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; EUROTOX; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology

Track 5: Regulatory Toxicology

Regulatory Toxicology includes the gathering, handling and evaluation of epidemiological as well as experimental toxicology data to license toxicologically grounded results absorbed to the safety of health against injurious effects of biochemical materials. Furthermore, Regulatory Toxicology supports the growth of regular procedures and new challenging approaches in order to constantly progress the technical basis for decision-making developments.

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12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; Argentine Toxicological Association; American Board of Toxicology; EUROTOX; Society of Toxicology of Canada; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology;

Track 6: Clinical Toxicology

Clinical toxicology is absorbed on the diseases related with short-term and long-term disclosure to numerous toxic substances. It typically overlaps with other disciplines such as biochemistry, pharmacology, and pathology. Persons who specify in clinical toxicology are referred to as clinical toxicologists. Their work emphases around the identification, analysis, and treatment of conditions resulting from disclosure to harmful agents. They regularly study the toxic effects of numerous drugs in the body, and are also apprehensive with the treatment and prevention of drug toxicity in the population.

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9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States;Academy of Toxicological Sciences; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology;

Track 7: Computational Toxicology

Computational toxicology is a discipline in the area of computational molecular sciences which is definitely swiftly emerging due to the overall public attention stimulated by many of us initiatives. Health care specialists beauty sector fragrance and flavour as well seeing that lawmakers and chemical substance protection regulators. It really is of particular concern in remedy discovery and progression and its own assessment is compulsory for the getting of new medicines for humans make use of it. The effect of toxicity and safety connected events in the progression of new biochemical elements is significant whether it pertains to medications or other chemical substances.

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3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; Society of Toxicology of Canada; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology; EUROTOX; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; American Board of Toxicology;

Track 8: Organ Toxicity

The gathering of antimicrobial drugs and their metabolic by-products in organs can be poisonous, leading to organ injury. Toxicity is the degree to which a material can harm an organism. Toxicity can mention to the effect on an entire organism and the result on a substructure of the creature such as organ which may effect on any organ of the human being organ or tissue in the human body can be affected by antimicrobial toxicity

Organ Toxicology Conferences | Toxicity Conferences | Neurotoxicology Conferences

3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; Predicting Drug Toxicity, June 13-14, 2017, Boston, USA 5th Immunogenicity & Immunotoxicity Conference ImmunoTX Summit on February 6-7, 2017 in San Diego, CA; 2nd International Conference on Pollutant Toxic Ions and Molecules, 6 - 9 November 2017, Lisbon, Portugal; 19th International Conference on Predictive Human Toxicity, February 16 - 17, 2017, London, United Kingdom; Stem Cells in Drug Discovery & Toxicity Screening, July 10-11, 2017, Boston, USA; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology ; Society of Toxicology of Canada; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology; EUROTOX; Academy of Toxicological Sciences;

Track 9: Applied Pharmacology

Applied Pharmacology is the clinical utilizations of the medications and its use in genuine medicinal practice. Where in this it lets the doctors to extend his realities of the medication the approach it would really work in the medicinal science. It is the utilization of the medications and how the pharmacological activities or data could be connected to the therapeutics. Additionally to give clarification to various medications having associated with the pharmacological activity. It Provides elucidations about medication collaborations and to clear up the activity of different medications on the numerous organs in the body when they are sick state with symptoms disagreements

Pharmacology Conferences | Toxicology Conferences | Pharmaceutical Conferences

9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 5th International Conference on Pharmacology and Ethnopharmacology Mar 23-25, 2017 Orlando, USA; 6th Global Experts Meeting on Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Cardiac Medications April 13-14, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 7th Global Experts Meeting on Neuropharmacology July 31-Aug 02, 2017 Milan, Italy; 10th International Conference on Neuropharmacology and Neuropharmaceuticals Oct 23-24, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 7th European Congress of Pharmacology 26-30 June 2016 stanbul, Turkey; Annual International Conference on Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHARMA), 26 - 27 October 2015 Bangkok, Thailand; 18th International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology January 21-22,2016 Paris, France; 117th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics March 8 - 12, 2016 San Diego, California, USA; World congress on pharma and Advanced Clinical Research November 6-8, 2017, Singapore; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology ; Society of Toxicology of Canada; EUROTOX; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology

Track 10: Genetic Toxicology

Genetic toxicology is of the toxic effects of harm to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Genetic info, programmed chemically in DNA, is conserved, simulated and transmitted to consecutive generations with high reliability. Damage to DNA can happen through usual biological procedure or as the result of contact of DNA, directly or indirectly, with biochemical, physical or agents. Genetic toxicology over the years has been to examine mechanisms of inheritance by providing tools to study DNA and RNA structure, DNA repair and the role of mutation at both the individual and population levels

Genetic Conferences | Medical Toxicology Conferences | Genetic Toxicology Conferences

9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; Society of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada; EUROTOX; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology; American Board of Toxicology

Track 11: Risk assessment

Risk assessment is a methodical investigation of an assignment, job or procedure that we carry out at work for the persistence of classifying the important risks that are present. Risk assessments are very significant as they form an essential part of a virtuous occupational health and safety management strategy. They help to make consciousness of exposures and risks. Identify them who may be at risk. The identification, assessment, and valuation of the levels of risks complicated in a situation, their assessment against standards, and determination of an acceptable level of risk

Risk Assessment Conferences | Occupational Conferences | Toxicology Conferences

11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; Society of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada; EUROTOX; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology; American Board of Toxicology

Track 12: Environmental and Occupational Toxicology

Environmental Toxicology is the investigation of effects of contaminations on the structure and capacity of biological communities. It does exclude the regular poisons, additionally the synthetic chemicals and their impact on the earth. It relies on upon the impacts of the toxicants on the organic chemistry and physiology. The principle motivation behind the natural toxicology is to recognize the mode/site of the activity of a xenobiotic. It additionally incorporate how the chemicals travel through biological systems and how they are consumed and metabolized by plants and creatures, the instruments by which they cause illness, result in inherent deformities, or toxin living beings

Environmental Toxicology Conferences | Ecologic Conferences | Occupational Conferences

12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Colombia Society of Toxicology; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada

Track 13: Experimental Toxicology

Protection of any live non-human vertebrate drifting animals of a tame species shall not be used in processes. The take care of animals used in processes, including management, shall have had suitable education and preparation. Experimental Toxicology widely covers all features of experimental and clinical studies of functional, biochemical and structural disorder. Validity announcements are also given in valuation procedures particularly if a skilled must choose which data of.

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10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA;9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada

Track 14: Immunotoxicology

Immunotoxicology offers a critical assessment of planned experimental animal models and methods, and discusses the influence that immunotoxicity can make to the overall valuation of chemical-induced adverse health effects on individuals and the ecosystem. Animal models of autoimmunity associated with chemical exposure, includes recommendations for the selection of sentinel species in ecotoxicology

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12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; 53rd European Societies of Toxicology, September 10-13, 2017, Bratislava, Slovak; 19th International Conference on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, March 29 - 30, 2017 Singapore, SG; 15th International Conference on Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology December 14-16, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 56th Annual Meeting of Society of Toxicology March 12-16, 2017 Baltimore USA; Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 38th Annual Meeting, November 1216, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; Academy of Toxicological Sciences; International Union of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Colombia Society of Toxicology; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology

Track 15: Toxicity Testing

Toxicity is key to evaluate potential dangers to people through the intense, sub endless, and interminable presentation of creatures to pesticides. The more correct sorts of harmfulness that are resolved incorporate cancer-causing nature; developing incorporating teratogenicity in regenerative danger and neurotoxicity the degree of metabolite testing required relies on upon the level of conceivable poisonous quality and ecological steadiness of the metabolite. A toxicity test, by augmentation, is intended to create information in regards to the antagonistic impacts of a material on human or creature wellbeing, or the earth.

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9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology June 22-24, 2017 Paris, France; 11th Global Toxicology and Risk Management Meeting October 10-12, 2017 London, UK; 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology July 20-22, 2017 Chicago, USA; 3rd Global Genomics and Toxicogenomics Meeting September 27-28, 2017 Chicago, USA; 12th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment October 19-20, 2017 Atlanta, USA; Stem Cells in Drug Discovery & Toxicity Screening, July 10-11, 2017, Boston, USA; 2nd International Conference on Pollutant Toxic Ions and Molecules, 6 - 9 November 2017, Lisbon, Portugal; Predicting Drug Toxicity, June 13-14, 2017, Boston, USA 5th Immunogenicity & Immunotoxicity Conference, one of three parallel tracks to the ImmunoTX Summit on February 6-7, 2017 in San Diego, CA; 19th International Conference on Predictive Human Toxicity, February 16 - 17, 2017, London, United Kingdom; American Board of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology; Society of Toxicology of Canada; EUROTOX; Academy of Toxicological Sciences International Union of Toxicology; Argentine Toxicological Association; Austrian Society of Toxicology; Colombia Society of Toxicology; American College of Medical Toxicology

Toxicology 2016

6th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology was hosted by the Conference Series LLC in Houston, USA during October 17-19, 2016. The conference was focused on the theme "Bringing together leading researchers to share pragmatic insights" and facilitated by the Conference Series LLC. Liberal reaction and cooperation was received from the Editorial Board Members of Conference Series LLC Journals, Toxicology-2016 Organizing Committee Members, and from researchers, analysts and pioneers in Toxicology.

The conference was started by the Keynote Forum and we are chuffed to thank all our Keynote Speakers, Honorable Guests, Speakers and Conference Attendees for creating a successful meeting.

The conference has encrusted through the following sessions:

We would like to specially mention our Keynote Speakers who participated very enthusiastically and actively

The speakers gave their productive commitment as exceptionally enlightening presentations and made the meeting an extraordinary achievement.

We thank all the members who supported the conference by encouraging the healthy discussions. Conference Series LLC expresses gratitude to the Organizing Committee Members for their generous nearness, support and help towards Toxicology-2016. After the immense idealistic reaction from logical crew, prestigious identities and the Editorial Board individuals from Conference Series LLC, we are pleased to announce our forth coming conference 10th Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology" to be held in Chicago, USA during July 20-22, 2017.

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Toxicology 2015

Toxicology 2015 Past Conference Report

Conference Series LLC is the proud host of the4thGlobal Summit on Toxicologywhich took place inPhiladelphia, USAduringAugust 24-26, 2015with the theme,Exploring the Tailored Strategies and Lucid Technologies in Toxicology and Pharmacology.The Editorial Board Members of Conference Series LLC Journals and the Organizing Committee Members of the conference have extended their unsparing support and active participation towards Toxicology 2015. The participants included eminent speakers, scientists, industrialists, delegates, researchers and students who thoroughly relished the conference.

The core of the conference revolved around interactive sessions on the following scientific tracks:

This event is a collaborative effort and Conference Series LLC would like to thank the following people for making this conference a grand success:

Moderators

Keynote Speakers

We would sincerely thank the distinguished speakers who resplendently conducted workshops on Genotoxicity:

The conference marked its start by an opening ceremony which included introduction by the Honorable Guests and the Members of Keynote Forum. All the speakers have extended their contribution in the form of highly informative presentations to lead the conference to the ladder of success. Conference Series LLC extends its warm gratitude towards all the Participants, Eminent Speakers, Young Researchers, Delegates and Students.

All accepted abstracts have been indexed inConference Series LLCjournal, theJournal ofClinical Toxicologyas a special issue.

After the huge optimistic response from scientific fraternity, renowned personalities and the Editorial Board Members ofConference Series LLCfrom across the world,Conference Series LLCis pleased to announce the5thGlobal Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacologyto be held duringOctober 17-19, 2016inHouston, Texas, USA.

We look forward to welcoming you to theToxicology 2016Conference and hope that the event will be both informative and enjoyable.

Toxicology-2014

Toxicology 2014 Past Conference Report

The3rdInternational Summit on Toxicology & Applied Pharmacologytook place inChicago, USAonOctober 20-22, 2014. The conference was titled: New Challenges and Innovations in Pharmacological and Toxicological Sciences and hosted by theConference Series LLC. Generous response and active participation was received from the Editorial Board Members ofConference Series LLCJournals, Toxicology-2014 Organizing Committee Members, as well as from scientists, researchers and leaders in Toxicology.

Students from various parts of the world took active participation in poster presentations. Students who presented well were awarded Best Poster Presentations for their outstanding contribution in the field of Toxicology.

The conference was carried out through various sessions and the discussions were held on the following scientific tracks:

The conference was opened by introductions from the honorable guests and members of the keynote forum. On the first day of opening the keynote speakers were,

Gerhard Eisenbrand,University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Pavel Vodicka,Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic

Anne Marie Vinggaard,Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Special session was conducted by Carter Cliff, Cellular Dynamics International, USA on the topic Pluripotent stem cell models-Application in toxicology and beyond, Heres-Pulido M E, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Mexico on the topic The Somatic Mutation and Recombination Test (SMART) in Drosophila melanogaster.

Symposium conducted by Cinzia Forni from University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and Hemant Misra from Prolong Pharmaceuticals, USA and the title of the Symposium is Stress response in living organisms exposed to pollutants.

All the speakers gave their fruitful contribution in the form of highly informative presentations and made the conference a great success.

All accepted abstracts have been indexed inConference Series LLCJournal of Clinical Toxicologyas a special issue.

Toxicology-2013

Toxicology 2013 Past Conference Report

The2ndInternational Summit on Toxicologytook place inLas Vegas, USAonOctober 07-09, 2013.The conference was titled: Insight into the Global Issues of Toxicology and hosted by theConference Series LLC. Generous response and active participation was received from the Editorial Board Members ofConference Series LLCJournals, Organizing Committee Members, scientists, researchers, clinical experts and leaders from the field of Toxicology.

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The genetic code is the set of rules by which information encoded within genetic material (DNA or mRNA sequences) is translated into proteins by living cells. Translation is accomplished by the ribosome, which links amino acids in an order specified by mRNA, using transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules to carry amino acids and to read the mRNA three nucleotides at a time. The genetic code is highly similar among all organisms and can be expressed in a simple table with 64 entries.

The code defines how sequences of nucleotide triplets, called codons, specify which amino acid will be added next during protein synthesis. With some exceptions,[1] a three-nucleotide codon in a nucleic acid sequence specifies a single amino acid. Because the vast majority of genes are encoded with exactly the same code (see the RNA codon table), this particular code is often referred to as the canonical or standard genetic code, or simply the genetic code, though in fact some variant codes have evolved. For example, protein synthesis in human mitochondria relies on a genetic code that differs from the standard genetic code.

While the "genetic code" determines a protein's amino acid sequence, other genomic regions determine when and where these proteins are produced according to a multitude of more complex "gene regulatory codes".

Serious efforts to understand how proteins are encoded began after the structure of DNA was discovered in 1953. George Gamow postulated that sets of three bases must be employed to encode the 20 standard amino acids used by living cells to build proteins. With four different nucleotides, a code of 2 nucleotides would allow for only a maximum of 42 = 16 amino acids. A code of 3 nucleotides could code for a maximum of 43 = 64 amino acids.[2]

The Crick, Brenner et al. experiment first demonstrated that codons consist of three DNA bases; Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich J. Matthaei were the first to elucidate the nature of a codon in 1961 at the National Institutes of Health. They used a cell-free system to translate a poly-uracil RNA sequence (i.e., UUUUU...) and discovered that the polypeptide that they had synthesized consisted of only the amino acid phenylalanine.[3] They thereby deduced that the codon UUU specified the amino acid phenylalanine. This was followed by experiments in Severo Ochoa's laboratory that demonstrated that the poly-adenine RNA sequence (AAAAA...) coded for the polypeptide poly-lysine[4] and that the poly-cytosine RNA sequence (CCCCC...) coded for the polypeptide poly-proline.[5] Therefore, the codon AAA specified the amino acid lysine, and the codon CCC specified the amino acid proline. Using different copolymers most of the remaining codons were then determined. Subsequent work by Har Gobind Khorana identified the rest of the genetic code. Shortly thereafter, Robert W. Holley determined the structure of transfer RNA (tRNA), the adapter molecule that facilitates the process of translating RNA into protein. This work was based upon earlier studies by Severo Ochoa, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for his work on the enzymology of RNA synthesis.[6]

Extending this work, Nirenberg and Philip Leder revealed the triplet nature of the genetic code and deciphered the codons of the standard genetic code. In these experiments, various combinations of mRNA were passed through a filter that contained ribosomes, the components of cells that translate RNA into protein. Unique triplets promoted the binding of specific tRNAs to the ribosome. Leder and Nirenberg were able to determine the sequences of 54 out of 64 codons in their experiments.[7] In 1968, Khorana, Holley and Nirenberg received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work.[8]

A codon is defined by the initial nucleotide from which translation starts and sets the frame for a run of uninterrupted triplets, which is known as an "open reading frame" (ORF). For example, the string GGGAAACCC, if read from the first position, contains the codons GGG, AAA, and CCC; and, if read from the second position, it contains the codons GGA and AAC; if read starting from the third position, GAA and ACC. Every sequence can, thus, be read in its 5' 3' direction in three reading frames, each of which will produce a different amino acid sequence (in the given example, Gly-Lys-Pro, Gly-Asn, or Glu-Thr, respectively). With double-stranded DNA, there are six possible reading frames, three in the forward orientation on one strand and three reverse on the opposite strand.[9]:330 The actual frame from which a protein sequence is translated is defined by a start codon, usually the first AUG codon in the mRNA sequence.

In eukaryotes, ORFs in exons are often interrupted by introns.

Translation starts with a chain initiation codon or start codon. Unlike stop codons, the codon alone is not sufficient to begin the process. Nearby sequences such as the Shine-Dalgarno sequence in E. coli and initiation factors are also required to start translation. The most common start codon is AUG, which is read as methionine or, in bacteria, as formylmethionine. Alternative start codons depending on the organism include "GUG" or "UUG"; these codons normally represent valine and leucine, respectively, but as start codons they are translated as methionine or formylmethionine.[10]

The three stop codons have been given names: UAG is amber, UGA is opal (sometimes also called umber), and UAA is ochre. "Amber" was named by discoverers Richard Epstein and Charles Steinberg after their friend Harris Bernstein, whose last name means "amber" in German.[11] The other two stop codons were named "ochre" and "opal" in order to keep the "color names" theme. Stop codons are also called "termination" or "nonsense" codons. They signal release of the nascent polypeptide from the ribosome because there is no cognate tRNA that has anticodons complementary to these stop signals, and so a release factor binds to the ribosome instead.[12]

During the process of DNA replication, errors occasionally occur in the polymerization of the second strand. These errors, called mutations, can affect the phenotype of an organism, especially if they occur within the protein coding sequence of a gene. Error rates are usually very low1 error in every 10100million basesdue to the "proofreading" ability of DNA polymerases.[14][15]

Missense mutations and nonsense mutations are examples of point mutations, which can cause genetic diseases such as sickle-cell disease and thalassemia respectively.[16][17][18] Clinically important missense mutations generally change the properties of the coded amino acid residue between being basic, acidic, polar or non-polar, whereas nonsense mutations result in a stop codon.[9]:266

Mutations that disrupt the reading frame sequence by indels (insertions or deletions) of a non-multiple of 3 nucleotide bases are known as frameshift mutations. These mutations usually result in a completely different translation from the original, and are also very likely to cause a stop codon to be read, which truncates the creation of the protein.[19] These mutations may impair the function of the resulting protein, and are thus rare in in vivo protein-coding sequences. One reason inheritance of frameshift mutations is rare is that, if the protein being translated is essential for growth under the selective pressures the organism faces, absence of a functional protein may cause death before the organism is viable.[20] Frameshift mutations may result in severe genetic diseases such as Tay-Sachs disease.[21]

Although most mutations that change protein sequences are harmful or neutral, some mutations have a beneficial effect on an organism.[22] These mutations may enable the mutant organism to withstand particular environmental stresses better than wild type organisms, or reproduce more quickly. In these cases a mutation will tend to become more common in a population through natural selection.[23]Viruses that use RNA as their genetic material have rapid mutation rates,[24] which can be an advantage, since these viruses will evolve constantly and rapidly, and thus evade the defensive responses of e.g. the human immune system.[25] In large populations of asexually reproducing organisms, for example, E. coli, multiple beneficial mutations may co-occur. This phenomenon is called clonal interference and causes competition among the mutations.[26]

Degeneracy is the redundancy of the genetic code. This term was given by Bernfield and Nirenberg. The genetic code has redundancy but no ambiguity (see the codon tables below for the full correlation). For example, although codons GAA and GAG both specify glutamic acid (redundancy), neither of them specifies any other amino acid (no ambiguity). The codons encoding one amino acid may differ in any of their three positions. For example, the amino acid leucine is specified by YUR or CUN (UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, or CUG) codons (difference in the first or third position indicated using IUPAC notation), while the amino acid serine is specified by UCN or AGY (UCA, UCG, UCC, UCU, AGU, or AGC) codons (difference in the first, second, or third position).[27]:102117:521522 A practical consequence of redundancy is that errors in the third position of the triplet codon cause only a silent mutation or an error that would not affect the protein because the hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity is maintained by equivalent substitution of amino acids; for example, a codon of NUN (where N = any nucleotide) tends to code for hydrophobic amino acids. NCN yields amino acid residues that are small in size and moderate in hydropathy; NAN encodes average size hydrophilic residues. The genetic code is so well-structured for hydropathy that a mathematical analysis (Singular Value Decomposition) of 12 variables (4 nucleotides x 3 positions) yields a remarkable correlation (C = 0.95) for predicting the hydropathy of the encoded amino acid directly from the triplet nucleotide sequence, without translation.[28][29] Note in the table, below, eight amino acids are not affected at all by mutations at the third position of the codon, whereas in the figure above, a mutation at the second position is likely to cause a radical change in the physicochemical properties of the encoded amino acid.

The frequency of codons, also known as codon usage bias, can vary from species to species with functional implications for the control of translation. The following codon usage table is for the human genome.[30]

While slight variations on the standard code had been predicted earlier,[31] none were discovered until 1979, when researchers studying human mitochondrial genes discovered they used an alternative code.[32] Many slight variants have been discovered since then,[33] including various alternative mitochondrial codes,[34] and small variants such as translation of the codon UGA as tryptophan in Mycoplasma species, and translation of CUG as a serine rather than a leucine in yeasts of the "CTG clade" (Candida albicans is member of this group).[35][36][37] Because viruses must use the same genetic code as their hosts, modifications to the standard genetic code could interfere with the synthesis or functioning of viral proteins.[38] However, some viruses (such as totiviruses) have adapted to the genetic code modification of the host.[39] In bacteria and archaea, GUG and UUG are common start codons, but in rare cases, certain proteins may use alternative start codons not normally used by that species.[33]

In certain proteins, non-standard amino acids are substituted for standard stop codons, depending on associated signal sequences in the messenger RNA. For example, UGA can code for selenocysteine and UAG can code for pyrrolysine. Selenocysteine is now viewed as the 21st amino acid, and pyrrolysine is viewed as the 22nd.[33] Unlike selenocysteine, pyrrolysine encoded UAG is translated with the participation of a dedicated aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase.[40] Both selenocysteine and pyrrolysine may be present in the same organism.[41] Although the genetic code is normally fixed in an organism, the achaeal prokaryote Acetohalobium arabaticum can expand its genetic code from 20 to 21 amino acids (by including pyrrolysine) under different conditions of growth.[42]

Despite these differences, all known naturally occurring codes are very similar to each other, and the coding mechanism is the same for all organisms: three-base codons, tRNA, ribosomes, reading the code in the same direction and translating the code three letters at a time into sequences of amino acids.

Variant genetic codes used by an organism can be inferred by identifying highly conserved genes encoded in that genome, and comparing its codon usage to the amino acids in homologous proteins of other organisms. For example, the program FACIL[43] infers a genetic code by searching which amino acids in homologous protein domains are most often aligned to every codon. The resulting amino acid probabilities for each codon are displayed in a genetic code logo, that also shows the support for a stop codon.

The DNA codon table is essentially identical to that for RNA, but with U replaced by T.

The origin of the genetic code is a part of the question of the origin of life. Under the main hypothesis for the origin of life, the RNA world hypothesis, any model for the emergence of genetic code is intimately related to a model of the transfer from ribozymes (RNA enzymes) to proteins as the principal enzymes in cells. In line with the RNA world hypothesis, transfer RNA molecules appear to have evolved before modern aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, so the latter cannot be part of the explanation of its patterns.[45]

A consideration of a hypothetical random genetic code further motivates a biochemical or evolutionary model for the origin of the genetic code. If amino acids were randomly assigned to triplet codons, there would be 1.51084 possible genetic codes to choose from.[46]:163 This number is found by calculating how many ways there are to place 21 items (20 amino acids plus one stop) in 64 bins, wherein each item is used at least once. [2] In fact, the distribution of codon assignments in the genetic code is nonrandom.[47] In particular, the genetic code clusters certain amino acid assignments. For example, amino acids that share the same biosynthetic pathway tend to have the same first base in their codons. This could be an evolutionary relic of early simpler genetic code with fewer amino acids, that later diverged to code for a larger set of amino acids.[48] It could also reflect steric and chemical properties that had another effect on the codon during its evolution. Amino acids with similar physical properties also tend to have similar codons,[49][50] reducing the problems caused by point mutations and mistranslations.[47]

Given the non-random genetic triplet coding scheme, it has been suggested that a tenable hypothesis for the origin of genetic code should address multiple aspects of the codon table such as absence of codons for D-amino acids, secondary codon patterns for some amino acids, confinement of synonymous positions to third position, a limited set of only 20 amino acids instead of a number closer to 64, and the relation of stop codon patterns to amino acid coding patterns.[51]

There are three main ideas for the origin of the genetic code, and many models belong to either one of them or to a combination thereof:[52]

Hypotheses for the origin of the genetic code have addressed a variety of scenarios:[56]

Since 2001, 40 non-natural amino acids have been added into protein by creating a unique codon (recoding) and a corresponding transfer-RNA:aminoacyl tRNA-synthetase pair to encode it with diverse physicochemical and biological properties in order to be used as a tool to exploring protein structure and function or to create novel or enhanced proteins.[71][72]

H. Murakami and M. Sisido have extended some codons to have four and five bases. Steven A. Benner constructed a functional 65th (in vivo) codon.[73]

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