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ATLA (Alternatives To Laboratory Animals)

Volume 24
Volume 23

 

Volume 24, Number 1
January/February 1996

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Current progress in the validation of alternative test methods
NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES

Intestinal motility: a computer simulation of the effects of drugs on colonic peristalsis, for teaching undergraduate pharmacology students.
D. Dewhurst, H. Leathard & R. Ullyott

The development of corneal opacity, increased hydration and increased thickness in isolated porcine corneas in response to timolol maleate solutions containing various preservatives.
H. Igarashi, C. Sato, Y. Chiba, K. Ogawa & M. Kojima

A comparison of hepatic enzyme activities and their modulation by dexamethazone in freshly isolated and cultured hepatocytes and in the differentiated hepatoma cell lines, 2sFou.
M.J. Garle & J.R. Fry

Toxicity of bread wheat lines lacking prolamins encoded by the Gli-B1/Bli-B5/Glu-B3 and Gli-D1/Glu-D3 loci in coeliac disease as determined by their agglutinating activity.
M. De Vincenzi, M.R. Dessí, R. Luchetti, N. Pogna, R. Redaelli & G. Galterio

Application of statistical classification methods to the evaluation of in vitro tests.
S. Galser

Determination of phosphofructokinase and enolase activities in cultured mouse neuroblastoma cells: application to the in vitro detection of neurotoxic effects.
M.I. Andres, G. Repetto, P. Sanz & M. Repetto

The development and interlaboratory validation of a quantitative antibody capture ELISA for the measurement of specific guinea-pig IgG1: an alternative to the passive cutaneous anaphylaxis assay.
L.S. Babcock, T.T. Kawabata, V.S. Moore, C.M. Condo & A. Prentø

ECVAM Workshop Report
Methods for assessing percutaneous absorption.
D. Howes, R. Guy, J. Hadgraft, J. Heylings, U. Hoeck, F. Kemper, H. Maibach, J-P. Marty, H. Merk, J. Parra, D. Rekkas, I. Rondelli, H. Schaefer, U. Täuber & N. Verbiese
COMMENT

Alternative methods and cosmetic testing
M. Balls

The production of monoclonal antibodies: are animals still needed?
C. Hendriksen, J. Rozing, M. van der Kamp & W. de Leeuw

Regulatory toxicity testing and the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
CONFERENCE REPORT

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Animal genetic engineering: of pigs, oncomice and men / Photobiology / Laboratory animals: an introduction for experimenters / Planning and managing dissection laboratories / Finding out... about animals in medicines research / Experimental toxicology: the basic issues
SELECTED TITLES

Volume 24, Number 2
March/April 1996

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

No prediction model, no validation study
NEWS & VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES

The Three Rs in research and education: a long road ahead in the United States.
F. Barbara Orlans

The Fifth Meeting of the Netherlands In Vitro Toxicology Group and the Netherlands Alternatives to Animal Experiments Platform.

The use of porcine proximal tubular cells for studying nephrotoxicity in vitro: the role of oxidative stress in cisplatin-induced cell death.
K. Kruidering, B. van de Water, E. de Heer, G.J. Mulder & J.F. Nagelkerke

Relevance of animal studies in regulatory toxicology: current approaches in rats.
J.J.M. van de Sandt & V.J. Feron

In vitro-based and in vivo-based simulations of benzene uptake and metabolism in rats.
J. de Jongh & B.J. Blaauboer

Direct functional effects of parathion and paraxon on neuronal nicotinic and muscarinic M3 acetylcholine receptors.
I. van den Beukel, R.G.D.M. van Kleef & M. Ooortgiesen

An interlaboratory evaluation of five pairs of teratogens and non-teratogens in post-implantation rat embryo culture.
A.H. Piersma, R. Bechter, N. Krafft, B.P. Schmid, J. Stadler, A. Verhoef, C. Verseil & J. Zijlstra

ECVAM Workshop Report
The use in vitro systems for evaluating haematotoxicity
L. Gribaldo, J. Bueren, A. Deldar, P. Hokland, C. Meredith, D. Moneta, P. Mosesso, R. Parchment, D. Parent-Massin, A. Pessina, J. San Roman & G. Schoeters
CONFERENCE REPORT

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Animal welfare: a cool eye towards eden / Studies in research ethics: Vols. 5 & 6 / The animal research controversey. Protest, process & public policy: an analysis of strategic issues / The status on alternative methods in toxicology
SELECTED TITLES

Volume 24, Number 3
May/June 1996

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Rex Leonard Burch (1926-1996)
NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES


The Thirteenth Congress on In Vitro Toxicology of the Scandanavian Society for Cell Toxicology
In vitro toxicology methods in risk assessment.
I.F.H. Purchase

Dynamic qualities of validation and the evolution of new in vitro toxicology tests.
E. Walum, A. Forsby, C. Clemedson & B. Ekwall

Validation of in vitro tests in neurotoxicology.
I.C. Campbell, L. Fletcher, P.A.A. Grant & E. Abdulla

An in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier: The response of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells to triethyl tin.
B. Veronesi, K. Carlsón & M. Ehrich

In vitro studies of acrylamide neurotoxicity in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells.
W.W. Lin, J.R. Johnson, M.A. Friedman & M.B. Abou-Donia

Nicotinic receptors of different species exhibit differential sensitivities to nitromethylene and organophosphate insecticides.
M. Oortgiesen, R.G.D.M. van Kleef, R. Zwart, I. van den Beukel & H.P.M. Vijverberg

Exposure of cultured microglial cells to interferon-gamma.
I.K. Grundt & H. Nyland

Cholingergic and glutaminergic excitation of neuronal cells.
K.M. Savolainen, P. Tervo, J. Loikkanen & J. Naarala

The use of isolated hepatocytes from rats with enzyme-altered foci: studies of p53 expression.
U. Stenius, U. Martens & J. Högberg

The influence of glutathione on the cytotoxicity of metals in rat hepatoma-derived Fa32 cells.
P.J. Dierickx

Detection of oxidised purines and UV-induced photoproducts in DNA of single cells, by inclusion of lesion-specific enzymes in the comet assay.
M. Dusinská & A. Collins

In vitro cytotoxicity testing of potentially active anti-HIV drugs with cultured cells.
D. Hopkinson, P. Scheiner & F.A. Barile

Environmental genotoxicity in an Estonian oil shale industrial area.
R. Pruul, L. Nyland, K. Peltonen, M. Sorsa & T. Veidebaum

Fluorescent probes as tools in in vitro toxicology.
H. Lilius & B. Isomaa

Main features of basal cytotoxicity: sites of toxic action and interaction in the pollen tube cell.
U. Kristen

In vitro toxicology and the test guidelines.
K. Louekari

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

The validation of replacement alternative methods / In vitro toxicology / Animals, property and the law / Animals and why they matter
SELECTED TITLES

Volume 24, Number 4
July/August 1996

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

No statistics, no science -- let alone validation studies
OBITUARY

Lord Houghton of Sowerby
NEWS & VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES


FRAME recommendations for the application of the Three Rs to the regulatory toxicity testing of food additives
C.L. Broadhead & R.D. Combes

ECVAM Workshop Report
The use of biokinetics and in vitro methods in toxicological risk evaluation.
B.J. Blaauboer, M.K. Bayliss, J.V. Castell, C.T.A. Evelo, J.M. Frazier, K. Groen, M. Gülden, A. Guillouzo, A.M. Hissink, J.B. Houston, G. Johanson, J. de Jongh, G.L. Kedderis, C.A. Reinhardt, J.J.M. van de Sandt & G. Semino

Acute toxicity testing in vitro and the classification and labelling of chemicals.
H. Seibert, M. Balls, J.H. Fentem, V. Bianchi, R.H. Clothier, P.J. Dierickx, B. Ekwall, M.J. Garle, M.J. Gómez-Lechón, OL. Gribaldo, M. Gülden, M. Liebsch, E. Rasmussen, R. Roguet, R. Shrivastava & E. Walum

ECVAM Taskforce Report
Recommendations for the application of biostatistical methods during the development and validation of alternative toxicological methods.
H-G. Holzhütter, G. Archer, N. Dami, D.P. Lovell, A. Saltelli & M. Sjöström

The Second Conference of CellTox
Aflatoxin B1 cytotoxicity in neurons in culture.
P. Bonsi, M. Palmery & G. Augusti-Tocco

The capacity of murine epithelial cell lines with different degrees of malignant transformation to metabolise benzo[a]pyrene.
C. Viezzer, R. Revoltella & L. Celotti

Effects of cereal prolamin peptides on differentiated CaCo-2 cells.
C. Giovannini, R. Luchetti, E. Mancini & M. de Vincenzi

Reactive oxygen species measured from suspensions of polymorphonuclear leukocytes after the addition of silicon carbide particles.
M. Valentino, M. Amatio, F. Monaco, I. Visoná, G. Carlo Botta, G. Marcer & C. Gemignani

Prooxidant agents induce modifications in the cytoskeletal organisation of fibroblasts.
A. Miglietta, E. Gadoni, C. Bocca & L. Gabriel

DT-diaphorase affects the mutagenic activity of pyrene 1,6-quinon in Chinese hamster epithelial liver (CHEL) cells.
P. Rossini & G. Turchi

In vitro cytotoxicity testing of a candidate drug delivery material.
R. Sbarbati-Del Guerra, S. Maltinti, P. Cerrai, M. Tricolu & G.D. Guerra

The human leukemic HL-60 cell line: an in vitro model for cell death endpoint identifications.
C. Zanetti, A. Stammati, O. Sapora & F. Zucco

Effects of benomyl on cytochrome P450 monooxygenase systems in the Hep G2 cell line.
S. Radice, L. Morabini, B. Cipelletti & E. Chiesara

A cytogenetic approach to the study of genotoxic effects of fungicides: an in vitro study in lymphocyte cultures with thiophanate-methyl.
P. Hrelia, C. Fimognari, F. Vigagni, F. Maffei & G. Cantelli-Forti

Role of Phase II enzymes in the bioactivation of 1,4-dichlorobenzene and 1,4-dibromobenzene.
M. Paolini, L. Pozzetti, R. Mesirca, A. Sapone, P. Silingardi, S. Grilli, C. Dalla Croce, G. Bronzetti & G. Cantelli-Forti
COMMENT

AROUND THE WORLD

LETTER

CONFERENCE REPORTS

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Aping science: a critical analysis of research at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center / Toxicology of contact hypersensitivity / The UFAW handbook on the care and management of decapod crustaceans in captivity

SOFTWARE REVIEW

SELECTED TITLES

Volume 24, Number 5
September/October 1996

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

The first ten years of the Animals (Specific Procedures) Act 1986
NEWS & VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES


ECVAM Workshop Report
Alternatives to the animal testing of medical devices.
O. Svendsen, B. Garthoff, H. Spielmann, A. Hensten-Pettersen, J.C. Jensen, M.R. Kuijpers, R. Leimgruber, M. Liebsch, W.G.K. Müller-Lierheim, G. Rydhög, U.G. Sauer, G. Schamlz, B. Sim & S. Stea

In vitro tests for respiratory toxicity.
C.R. Lambré, M. Aufderheide, R.E. Bolton, B. Fubini, H.P. Haagsman, P.M. Hext, M. Jorissen, Y. Landry, J-P. Morin, B. Nemery, P. Nettesheim, J. Pauluhn, R.J. Richards, A.E.M., Vickers & R. Wu

Alternative methods for skin sensitisation testing.
O. de Silva, D.A. Basketter, M.D. Barratt, E. Corsini, M.T.D. Cronin, P.K. Das, J. Degwert, A. Enk, J.L. Garrigue, C. Hauser, I. Kimber, J-P. Lepoittevin, J. Peguet & M. Ponec

An interactive computer program to replace in vivo experiments on rat blood pressure for teaching undergraduate students.
D. Dewhurst, I. Hughes & A. Williams

Cytotoxic effects of paracetoamol in vitro: the effects of an S9 fraction.
K. Ruppová, D. Slameñová, L. Wsólová, A. Gábelová, & M. Vargová

Measurement of xenobiotic metabolising enzyme activities in primary monolayer cultures of immature rainbow trout hepatocytes at two acclimatisation temperatures.
E.G. Jensen, R. Thauland & N.E. Søli

Results of a validation study in Germany on two in vitro alternatives to the Draize eye irritation test, the HET-CAM test and the 3T3 NRU cytotoxicity test.
H. Spielmann, M. Liebsch, S. Kalweit, F. Moldenhauer, T. Wirnsberger, H-G. Holzhütter, B. Schneider, S. Glaser, I. Gerner, W.J.W. Pape, R. Kreiling, K. Krauser, H.G. Miltenburger, W. Steiling, N.P. Luepke, N. Müller, H. Kreuzer, P. Mürmann, J. Spengler, E. Bertram-Neis, B. Siegemund & F.J. Wiebel

SHORT NOTE

Effects of surfactant retreatment in vitro: a method to evaluate changes in cell junctions and in cell viability
R. Clothier & R. Sansom
CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Prospects for use of in vitro methods for assessment of human safety / Developments and ethical considerations in toxicology / The ethics of animal and human experimentation / Current standards in Europe for the care of non-human primates in laboratories
SELECTED TITLES

Volume 24, Number 6
November/December 1996

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

The use of prediction models in validation studies: what should they predict?
NEWS & VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES


ECVAM Workshop Report
The use of tissue slices for pharmacotoxicology studies.
P.H. Bach, A.E.M. Vickers, R. Fisher, A. Baumann, E. Brittebo, D.J. Carlile, H.J. Koster, B.G. Lake, F. Salmon, T.W. Sawyer & G. Skibinski

The production of avian (egg yolk) antibodies: IgY.
R. Schade, C. Staack, C. Hendriksen, M. Erhard, H. Hugl, G. Koch, A. Larsson, W. Pollmann, M. van Regenmortel, E. Rijke, H. Spielmann, H. Steinbusch & D. Straughan

NHIK 3025 cell culture: a new in vitro test for phototoxicity screening.
E. Selvaag, H. Anholt, J. Moan & P. Thune

The comparative testing of eight coded chemicals in the rat limb bud micromass and rat embryo culture systems.
D.E. Amacher, J. Stadler, S.J. Schomaker & C. Verseil

Animal laboratory exercises in medical school curricula.
M. Wolfe, N.D. Barnard & S.M. McCaffrey

AROUND THE WORLD

Abstracts of the main articles published in ALTEX Volume 13, 1996

EuroNICHE
N. Jukes
CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Alternativen zu tierexperimenten: wissenschftliche herausforderung und perspektiven / Bioactive compound design: possibilities for industrial use / Dermatotoxicology
SELECTED TITLES

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX

Volume 23, Number 1
January/February 1995

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

PREFATORY NOTE

ARTICLES

Dorothy Hegarty and the founding of FRAME: a personal recollection.
T. Hegarty

The Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME): the first 25 years.
B. Annett

Achieving the achievable: a review of animals in politics.
C. Hollands

The role of the Home Office Inspector.
D.W. Straughan

Reduction in animal use 35 years after Russell & Burch's Principles of Humane Experimental Technique.
M.F.W. Festing

Animal models and alternatives in the quality control of vaccines: are in vitro methods or in vivo methods the scientific equivalent of the emperor's new clothes?
C. Hendriksen & J. van der Gun

The development and evaluation of in vitro tests by the FRAME Alternatives Laboratory.
R.H. Clothier, K.A. Atkinson, M.J. Garle, R.K. Ward & A. Willshaw

Toxicity testing with hepatocytes: some methodological aspects.
J.R. Fry, A.H. Hammond, M. Atmaca, P. Dhanjal & D.J. Wilkinson

Reconstructed human epidermis in vitro: an alternative to animal testing.
M. Ponec

The role of structure-activity relationships and expert systems in alternative strategies for the determiniation of skin sensitisation, skin corrosivity and eye irritation.
M.D. Barratt

Education and training: a basis for the introduction of the Three Rs alternatives into animal research.
B.F.M. van Zutphen & J.B. F. van der Valk

ECVAM Workshop Report
Practical aspects of the validation of toxicity test procedures.
M. Balls, B.J. Blaauboer, J.H. Fentem, L. Bruner, R.D. Combes, B. Ekwall, R.J. Fielder, A. Guillouzo, R.W. Lewis, D.P. Lovell, C.A. Reinhardy, G. Repetto, D. Sladowski, H. Spielmann & F. Zucco
AROUND THE WORLD

ICCVAM: US Ad Hoc Interagency Coordinating Committee on Validation of Alternative Methods
LETTER

CONFERENCE REPORTS

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Culture of animal cells: manual of basic techique / In vitro cultivation of animal cells / Animal theology / General and applied toxicology
SELECTED TITLES

Volume 23, Number 2
March/April 1995

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES

Evaluation of the immunotoxicity of antiretroviral drugs using an in vitro method for the induction and measurement of a specific antibody response in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
A.L. Luzzati, E. Giacomini & L. Giordani

A multicompartmental dynamic computer-controlled model simulating the stomach and small intestine.
M. Minekus, P. Marteau, R. Havenaar & J.H.J. Huis in 't Veld

The role of prevalidation in the development, validation and acceptance of alternative methods.
M.D. Barratt, R.D. Curren, D.J. Esdaile, J.R. Gardner, V.C. Gordon, B. Hildebrand, R.W. Lewis, M. Liebsch, P. Logemann, R. Osborne, M. Ponec, J-F. Régnier, W. Steiling, A.P. Walker & M. Balls

ECVAM Workshop Report
A prevalidation study on in vitro skin corrosivity testing.
P.A. Botham, M. Chamberlain, M.D. Barratt, R.D. Curren, D.J. Esdaile, J.R. Gardner, V.C. Gordon, B. Hildebrand, R.W. Lewis, M. Liebsch, P. Logemann, R. Osborne, M. Ponex, J-F. Régnier, W. Steiling, A.P. Walker & M. Balls
COMMENT

Alternative methods to animal testing: a Canadian Health Protection Branch perspective.
Ih Chu
AROUND THE WORLD

Genetically modified animals
CONFERENCE REPORTS

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Replenish the earth / Handbook of laboratory animal management and welfare / The keratinocyte handbook / Keratinocyte methods / Origins of human cancer: a comprehensive review
SELECTED TITLES


Volume 23, Number 3
May/June 1995

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

NEWS & VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

PREFATORY NOTE

ARTICLES

The development of the Three Rs concept.
W.M.S. Russell

Responsible animal research: a riff of Rs.
A. Rowan & A. Goldberg

The public debate about animal experimentation.
M. Matfield

A new reductionism for animal research.
C. Fisher

The third R: refinement.
A.N. Rowan

Supply, coding and distribution of samples for validation studies.
P.G. Brantom, P. Aspin & C. Thompson

Regulatory genotoxicity testing: a critical appraisal.
R.D. Combes

Transgenesis and animal welfare.
C.J. Moore & T.B. Mepham

ECVAM Workshop Report
Development and validation of non-animal tests and testing strategies: the identification of a coordinated response to the challenge and the opportunity presented by the Sixth Amendment to the Cosmetic Directive (76/768/EEC).
M. Balls, W. De Klerck, F. Baker, M. van Beek, C. Bouillon, L. Bruner, J. Carstensen, M. Chamberlain, M. Cottin, R. Curren, J. Dupuis, F. Fairweather, U. Faure, J. Fentem, C. Fisher, C. Galli, F. Kemper, A. Knaap, G. Langley, G. Loprieno, N. Loprieno, W. Pape, G. Pechovitch, H. Spielmann, K. Ungar, I. White & K. Zuang

The integrated use of alternative approaches for predicting toxic hazard.
M.D. Barratt, J.V. Castell, M. Chamberlain, R.D. Combes, J.C. Dearden, J.H. Fentem, I. Gerner, A. Giuliani, T.J.B. Gray, D.J. Livingstone, W.M. Provan, F.A.J.J.L. Rutten, H.J.M. Verhaar & P. Zbinden
CONFERENCE REPORTS

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Human tissue: ethical and legal issues / Introduction to toxicology / Symposium proceedings: animal care and use committees and alternatives / Archives of toxicology, supplement 17: toxicology in transition / The monkey wars
SELECTED TITLES

Volume 23, Number 4
July/August 1995

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

NEWS & VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES

The Twelfth Congress on In Vitro Toxicology of the Scandanavian Society for Cell Toxicology
Potential of human lung cells for predicting acute cytotoxicity.
F.A. Barile, D. Alexander & A. Sookhoo

Biological evaluation of medical devices: a review of EU regulations, with emphasis on in vitro screening for biocompatibility.
G. Schmalz

Scientific validation: a crucial and unavoidable prerequisite to the acceptability of new tests and testing strategies.
M. Balls

Gap junctional intercellular communication and modulators of kinases and phosphatases.
T. Husøy, S-O. Mikalsen & T. Sanner

Side-specific toxic effects on the membranes of cultured renal epithelial cells (A6).
H.F. Bjerregaard

In vitro methods as a tool in neurotoxicity studies.
H. Tähti, L. Vaalavirta & T. Toimela

The reducing agent dithiothreitol (DDT) increases expression of c-myc and c-fos proto-oncogenes in human cells.
J. Skouv, I. Kryspin-Sørensen, H. Frandsen, E. Selzer Rasmussen & J. Forchhammer

Toxicity, clastogenicity and genotoxicity of theophylline and pentoxifylline in mammalian cells cultured in vitro.
D. Slamenová, I. Chalupa, A. Gábelová, E. Bozsakyová, E. Horváthová & M. Blasko

Defence mechanisms protecting glial cell cultures against the toxicity of lead.
I.K. Grundt, M. Rise & H. Nyland

The impact of computer-based alternatives on the use of animals in undergraduate teachings: a pilot study.
D. Dewhurst & L. Jenkinson

Direct determination of glutathione reductase in cells cultured in microtitre plates as a biomarker for oxidative stress.
G. Garcia-Alfonso, P. Sanz, G. Repetto, M. Repetto & J. López-Barea

The effects of carbocaine hydrochloride on isolated porcine corneas in vitro: a comparison of opacity, hydration and thickness.
H. Igarashi, C. Sato, K. Ogawa, M. Kojima & Y. Chiba
CONFERENCE REPORT

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

European medicines research / Research animal anesthesia and analgesia in surgery / Animal cells as bioreactors / Methods in molecular biology
SELECTED TITLES

Volume 23, Number 5
September/October 1995

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

The use of animals for training surgeons
NEWS & VIEWS

ARTICLES

Poor Model Man: Experimenting on Chimpanzees. The First PACE Conference
Chimpanzees in laboratories: distribution and types of research.
M.L. Stephens

Chimpanzees biomedical experiments: a question of efficacy.
R. Fouts

Difficulties with animal models: chimpanzee research.
S. Kaufman

Chimpanzees in AIDS research.
L.Y. Ichinose

Chimpanzee medical experiments: moral, legal and scientific concerns.
M. Balls

Why is it unethical to use chimpanzees in the laboratory.
J. Goodall

Moral issues in relation to chimpanzee field studies and experiments.
V. Reynolds

The Great Ape Project: premises and implications.
P. Cavalieri & P. Singer

The work of Pro Primates in laboratory.
I. Spruit

Present and future prospects for using alternatives to chimpanzees in research.
G. Langley

Animals, apes, men: equally victims of vivisection.
P. Croce

HIV infection: options for control.
E. Moore

The misuse of chimpanzees in biomedical experiments.
K. Johnson

Cryopreservation of rat and monkey liver slices.
R. de Kanter & H.J. Koster

The evaluation of pesticide ingredients and formulations in vitro and correlations with in vivo data.
R.H. Clothier, J. Morris & W.T. Lankford

Mouse whole-embryo culture in serum diluted with Waymouth medium: a study of valproic acid teratogenicity.
F. Gofflot, G. Van Maele-Fabry & J.J. Picard

The use of the cultured bovine lens to measure the in vitro ocular irritancy of ketones and acetates.
J.G. Sivak, K.L. Herbert & A.L. Baczmanski

ECVAM Workshop Reports
Safety and efficacy testing of hormones and related products.
B. Garthoff, C. Hendriksen, A. Bayol, D. Goncalves, A. Grauer, R. de Leeuw, J. van Noordwijk, M. Pares, R. Pivovano, M. Rieth, H. Ronneberger, J-M. Spieser, P. Storring, K. Vosbeck & H. Weichert

Nephrotoxicity testing in vitro.
G.M. Hawksworth, P.H. Bach, J.F. Nagelkerke, W. Dekant, J.E. Diezi, E. Harpur, E.A. Lock, C. MacDonald, J.-P. Morin, W. Pfaller, F.A.J.J.L. Rutten, M.P. Ryan, H.J. Toutain & A. Trevisan
CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Wildlife mammals as research models / Animals and science in the twenty-first century
SELECTED TITLES

Volume 23, Number 6
November/December 1995

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Reduction, refinement and replacement: the end of an era, new beginnings, and new challenges
NEWS & VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS & VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

PREFATORY NOTE

ARTICLES

On keeping your eyes on the prize: Dorothy Hegarty and acceptance of the concept of replacement of laboratory animal procedures in research, education and testing.
M. Balls

The progress of humane experimental techniques since 1959: a personal view.
R.L. Burch

Computer simulation in drug research.
W.G. Richards

Cytotoxicity of biomaterials -- basic mechanisms and in vitro test methods: a review.
T. Groth, P. Falck & R-R. Miethke

Determination of critical cellular neurotoxic concentrations in human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cell cultures.
A. Forsby, F. Pilli, V. Bianchi & E. Walum

Advances in refinement in animal experimentation over the past 25 years.
D.B. Morton

Alternatives in Canada.
G. Griffin

Benefits, necessity and justification in animal research.
M. Jennings & S. Silcock

ECVAM Workshop Reports
The Three Rs: the way forward.
M. Balls, A.M. Goldberg, J.H. Fentem, C.L. Broadhead, R.L. Burch, M.F.W. Festing, J.M. Frazier, C.F.M. Hendriksen, M. Jennings, M.D.O. van der Kamp, D.B. Morton, A.N. Rowan, C. Russell, W.M.S. Russell, H. Spielmann, M.L. Stephens, W.S. Stokes, D.W. Straughan, J.D. Yager, J. Zurlo & B.F.M. van Zutphen

Screening chemicals for reproductive toxicity: the current alternatives.
N.A. Brown, H. Spielmann, R. Bechter, O.P. Flint, S.J. Freeman, R.J. Jelínek, E. Koch, H. Nau, D.R. Newall, A.K. Palmer, J-Y. Renault, M.F. Repetto, R. Vogel & R. Wiger
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The validation of alternative test methods.
M. Balls & W. Karcher
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Abstracts of the main articles published in ALTEX Volume 12 1995
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A guide to the laboratory culture of human skin cells / Advances in drug metabolism in man / Alternatives to animal experimentation
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