CORESTA Congress, Berlin, 2016, Smoke Science/Product Technology Groups, STPOST 32
Cellular transformation activity of different tobacco condensates in the Bhas 42 cell assay
(1) Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol, U.K.; (2) Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH (an Imperial Brands PLC Company), Hamburg, Germany; (3) BioReliance, Sigma-Aldrich Corp., Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Carcinogenesis has been described as a multi-stage process comprising of initiation, promotion and progression. Smoking is a cause of serious disease in smokers, including lung cancer. Determining the carcinogenic potential of a tobacco product...