ALTEX: Current Issue 2012: Vol 29, No. 1
Editorial Sonja von Aulock MAIN ARTICLESt4 report: David A. Basketter, Harvey Clewell, Ian Kimber, Annamaria Rossi, Bas Blaauboer, Robert Burrier, Mardas Daneshian, Chantra Eskes, Alan Goldberg, Nina Hasiwa, Sebastian Hoffmann, Joanna Jaworska, Thomas B. Knudsen, Robert Landsiedel, Marcel Leist, Paul Locke, Gavin Maxwell, James McKim, Emily A. McVey, Gladys Ouédraogo, Grace Patlewicz, Olavi Pelkonen, Erwin Roggen, Costanza Rovida, Irmela Ruhdel, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Schepky, Greet Schoeters, Nigel Skinner, Kerstin Trentz, Marian Turner, Philippe Vanparys, James Yager, Joanne Zurlo, and Thomas Hartung:
A roadmap for the development of alternative (non-animal) methods for systemic toxicity testing COMMENTAndrew Knight: Assessing the necessity of chimpanzee experimentation CONFERENCE REPORTSJane Johnson and Brett Lidbury: Testing Times: A symposium on the ethics and epistemology of animal experimentation, Sydney, Australia
Yula Sambuy, Francesca Caloni, Marisa Meloni, and Pilar Prieto: CELLTOX1991-2011: Twenty years of in vitro toxicology: achievements and future challenges, Rome, Italy CORNERS CAATfeed ecopa ICCVAM/NICEATM
CHN: Focus on replacement at “Asia for Animals” conference EU: SEURAT-1 publishes first report GER: States consider introduction of animal protection class actions GER: Donor animal program for education in biology and veterinary science GER: More animals used for scientific purposes in 2010 GER: Award of research prize “Alternative and Complimentary Methods” 2011 GER: Animal Protection Research Prize awarded UK: New InterNICHEwebsite with Studies Database USA: EPA guidance for waiving or bridging of mammalian acute toxicity tests USA: EPA releases formerly confidential chemical information USA: EPA, along with Tox21 partners, releases list of 10,000 chemicals being screened by robot system SUI: Fondation Egon Naef mourns its founder |