Laboratory of Pharmacology: Summary Statement

The Laboratory of Pharmacology initiates and carries out research programs that are primarily concerned with (1) mechanisms by which environmental pollutants and effectors cause toxicity, (2) the development of better test systems for detecting and evaluating early toxic effects of chemicals occurring as environmental contaminants, and (3) extrapolating from animal test systems across species and to man. The Laboratory is organized into three formal sections and one work group. The sections are Toxication-Detoxication, Marine Pharmacology and Biomedicine, and Pharmacokinetics; the work group is Molecular Pharmacology and Biomedicine.