ALTEX: January, 2010: Vol. 27, No. 1
 Editorial
Sonja von Aulock
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Thomas Hartung
Food for thought … on alternative methods for chemical safety testing
t4 REVIEW
Philipp B. Kuegler, Bastian Zimmer, Tanja Waldmann, Birte Baudis, Sten Ilmjärv, Jürgen Hescheler, Phil Gaughwin, Patrik Brundin, William Mundy, Anna K. Bal-Price, André Schrattenholz, Karl-Heinz Krause, Christoph van Thriel, Mahendra S. Rao, Suzanne Kadereit and Marcel Leist:
Markers of murine embryonic and neural stem cells, neurons and astrocytes: reference points for developmental neurotoxicity testing MAIN ARTICLES Thomas Hartung, Leon Bruner, Rodger Curren, Chantra Eskes, Alan Goldberg, Pauline McNamee, Laurie Scott and Valérie Zuang:
First alternative method validated by a retrospective weight-of-evidence approach to replace the Draize eye test for the identification of non-irritant substances for a defined applicability domain
Daniel Brunner, Jürgen Frank, Helmut Appl, Harald Schöffl, Walter Pfaller and Gerhard Gstraunthaler:
Serum-free cell culture: the serum-free media interactive online database CAAT EUROPE Mardas Daneshian, Marcel Leist and Thomas Hartung:
The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing-Europe (CAAT-EU): a transatlantic bridge for the paradigm shift in toxicology
OPEN LETTER
Open letter to the German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel | 
