Author 1 :- Kriti Maheswari ( Research Scholar )
Author 2 :- Dr. Neelam Kumari ( Associate Professor )
Environmental toxic genomics seeks to gather, evaluate, and interpret data about alterations in gene expression and protein activity induced by exposure to hazardous agents, using advanced omics methods. Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics are all molecular profiling methods that let you look at a lot of gene variants in an organism that has been exposed to toxic agents at the same time. This helps you find genes that are likely to be damaged, look for patterns and mechanisms of toxicity, and find specific gene expression profiles that can be used as biomarkers of exposure and risk. Toxicogenomic technologies may enhance environmental risk assessment and decrease the need for animal research compared to earlier methods of quantifying molecular alterations induced by toxicants. We talk about the merits and cons of turning omic datasets into useful information, with an emphasis on figuring out how dangerous combined hazardous compounds are to people and the environment.
