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Ames test

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Ames test
n.
A test used to determine the mutagenic potential of a substance based on the mutation rate of bacteria that are exposed to the substance.
[After Bruce Ames (born 1928), American biochemist.]
Ames test [eɪmz]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a method of preliminary screening for carcinogens, based on their ability to cause mutations in bacteria
[named after Bruce Ames (born 1928), US biochemist who invented the test]
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However, the Ames test is not a suitable model for the mutagenesis of metazoan cells, and thus may yield false-positive and false-negative results (Ashby and Styles 1978).
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The Ames test misses around 40% of carcinogens, mainly because it lacks eukaryotic targets.
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Ames, creator of the standard Ames Test for carcinogens and director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of California at Berkeley, has been highly critical of the EPA's continued use of long-discredited high-dose tests in rats that are useless in predicting infinitely smaller doses in humans.
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