Toxicology in the 21st Century program
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The Toxicology in the 21st Century program is a U.S. research initiative that uses modern high-throughput and computational methods to improve the prediction of chemical toxicity and reduce reliance on traditional animal testing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tox21 | 1 |
| Toxicology in the 21st Century program canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T789415 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toxicology in the 21st Century program Context triple: [National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, operates, Toxicology in the 21st Century program]
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A.
Division of Chemical Toxicology
The Division of Chemical Toxicology is a specialized unit of the American Chemical Society that focuses on the chemistry of toxic substances and their effects on biological systems.
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BioWatch program
The BioWatch program is a U.S. national biosurveillance system designed to detect the airborne release of biological agents as early as possible to help prevent or mitigate bioterrorism attacks.
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C.
Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers
Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers are specialized research hubs that support multidisciplinary studies on how environmental factors affect human health, providing shared resources, expertise, and infrastructure to investigators.
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D.
National Center for Toxicological Research
The National Center for Toxicological Research is a U.S. federal research facility that conducts scientific studies to support the safety evaluation and regulatory decisions of the Food and Drug Administration.
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E.
Working Group on Response to Incidents Involving Harmful Substances
The Working Group on Response to Incidents Involving Harmful Substances is a HELCOM expert body that coordinates and develops regional preparedness, response, and cooperation measures for pollution and hazardous substance incidents in the Baltic Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toxicology in the 21st Century program Target entity description: The Toxicology in the 21st Century program is a U.S. research initiative that uses modern high-throughput and computational methods to improve the prediction of chemical toxicity and reduce reliance on traditional animal testing.
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A.
Division of Chemical Toxicology
The Division of Chemical Toxicology is a specialized unit of the American Chemical Society that focuses on the chemistry of toxic substances and their effects on biological systems.
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B.
BioWatch program
The BioWatch program is a U.S. national biosurveillance system designed to detect the airborne release of biological agents as early as possible to help prevent or mitigate bioterrorism attacks.
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C.
Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers
Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers are specialized research hubs that support multidisciplinary studies on how environmental factors affect human health, providing shared resources, expertise, and infrastructure to investigators.
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D.
National Center for Toxicological Research
The National Center for Toxicological Research is a U.S. federal research facility that conducts scientific studies to support the safety evaluation and regulatory decisions of the Food and Drug Administration.
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E.
Working Group on Response to Incidents Involving Harmful Substances
The Working Group on Response to Incidents Involving Harmful Substances is a HELCOM expert body that coordinates and develops regional preparedness, response, and cooperation measures for pollution and hazardous substance incidents in the Baltic Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
U.S. federal research initiative
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research program ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
develop alternative test methods to animal studies
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identify potential toxic effects earlier in the chemical evaluation process ⓘ prioritize chemicals for further testing ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
chemical safety assessors
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public health decision-makers ⓘ regulatory agencies ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy |
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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National Human Genome Research Institute ⓘ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ⓘ National Institutes of Health ⓘ National Toxicology Program ⓘ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ U.S. Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
linked to:
Food and Drug Administration
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataType |
bioactivity profiles
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chemical structure information ⓘ dose–response data ⓘ high-throughput screening data ⓘ |
| field |
computational toxicology
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environmental health ⓘ toxicology ⓘ |
| focus |
human-relevant toxicity endpoints
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mechanistic understanding of toxicity pathways ⓘ screening large numbers of environmental chemicals ⓘ |
| goal |
improve prediction of chemical toxicity in humans
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reduce reliance on traditional animal testing ⓘ |
| hasOutput |
computational toxicity prediction tools
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publicly available toxicity datasets ⓘ scientific publications on alternative toxicology methods ⓘ |
| method |
bioinformatics analysis
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computational modeling ⓘ high-throughput screening ⓘ in vitro assays ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
21st century toxicology paradigm
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adverse outcome pathways ⓘ risk assessment modernization ⓘ |
| shortName |
Tox21
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linked to:
Toxicology in the 21st Century program
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| uses |
cell-based assays
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computational prediction models ⓘ molecular target assays ⓘ robotic assay platforms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toxicology in the 21st Century program Description of subject: The Toxicology in the 21st Century program is a U.S. research initiative that uses modern high-throughput and computational methods to improve the prediction of chemical toxicity and reduce reliance on traditional animal testing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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operates
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Toxicology in the 21st Century program
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linked to: Toxicology in the 21st Century program