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ALTEX: Current Issue 2012: Vol 29, No. 1

ALTEX 29.1, January 2012 Cover

Editorial
Sonja von Aulock

MAIN ARTICLES

t4 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:

PDF icon A roadmap for the development of alternative (non-animal) methods for systemic toxicity testing

COMMENT

Andrew Knight:
PDF icon Assessing the necessity of chimpanzee experimentation

CONFERENCE REPORTS

Jane Johnson and Brett Lidbury:
PDF icon Testing Times: A symposium on the ethics and epistemology of animal experimentation, Sydney, Australia

Yula Sambuy, Francesca Caloni, Marisa Meloni, and Pilar Prieto:
PDF icon CELLTOX1991-2011: Twenty years of in vitro toxicology: achievements and future challenges, Rome, Italy

CORNERS

PDF icon CAATfeed
PDF icon ecopa
PDF icon ICCVAM/NICEATM

NEWS

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

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MeetingS

Workshop: Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Opportunities: The US Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
April 23-24, 2013
Research Triangle Park, NC

Developing Microphysiological Systems for Use as Regulatory Tools- Challenges and Opportunities
May 10, 2013
Silver Spring, MD

Advances in In Vitro Cell and Tissue Culture
May 21-22, 2013
Liverpool, England

Joint US Workshop: Scientific Roadmap for the Future of Animal-Free Systemic Toxicity Testing

May 30-31, 2013

College Park, MD

International Congress of Toxicology
June 30-July 4, 2013
Seoul, Korea

EUSAAT's 2013 Congress and Symposium
September 13-18th, 2013
Linz, Austria

LATINFARMA 2013: 3Rs Alternatives in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Teaching Workshop
October 21-25, 2013
La Habana, Cuba

In Vitro Medical Device Testing Symposium
December 10-11, 2013
Baltimore, MD

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