With great sadness, I note the loss on October 5th of our longtime friend, Dr. Bruce Ames. ACSH’s Founder, Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, and Dr.
Ames test
Background
To determine whether a chemical poses a cancer risk to the population, two issues need to be assessed:
Microbiologists and toxicologists are quite familiar with the Ames test. It is literally textbook science that is taught to students all over the world.
In the 1970s, an assay was developed by Dr. Bruce Ames that revolutionized the ability to test if a compound causes cancer or not.