New Technology Can Test How Toxic a Substance is to Your DNA [1]

[2]Marco Torres, Prevent Disease [3]
Waking Times [4]

A technique for high throughput screening of substances that could cause DNA damage has been developed by scientists. The technology allows for testing of drugs and cosmetics that could pose a risk to human health, and assesses damage done to DNA, while reducing reliance on animal testing, researchers say.

As more hand held and portable devices on the market are being developed for nanoparticle-based DNA sensing [5], many are able to detect and analyze organis...