<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Altweb News]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/</link><description><![CDATA[News from Altweb: the latest in information about alternatives and humane science]]></description><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2009]]></copyright><managingEditor><![CDATA[mhughes@jhsph.edu]]></managingEditor><webmaster><![CDATA[webadmin@jhsph.edu]]></webmaster><ttl>1</ttl><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:50:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v4.1</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Univ. of Auckland Researcher Wins 3Rs Award]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/markoliver.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/markoliver.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:49:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Living Cadavers” Replace Living Animals in Surgery Training]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/livingcadavers.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/livingcadavers.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:43:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed Changes to EU Legislation on Animal Testing]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/euchanges.html</link><description><![CDATA[Proposed changes to EU legislation could end the UK's legal requirement to use alternatives to animal experiments where "reasonably and practically available."]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/euchanges.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:57:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress on Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA Conference)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epaaconference.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epaaconference.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:02:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAAT Chemical Information Day: Nov. 11, 2009: REGISTER NOW!]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/caatcheminfoday.html</link><description><![CDATA[You are invited to the second in a series of CAAT Information Days on specific topics of interest. The November 11 meeting will focus on chemical issues, including REACH and TSCA reauthorization.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/caatcheminfoday.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:31:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fruit Fly Model Helps Unravel Genetics Of Human Diabetes]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/diabeticflies.html</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Maryland are using the fruit fly as a model system for human diabetes.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/diabeticflies.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:07:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ILAR to Publish Guidelines for Scientific Publications Involving Animal Studies]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/ilarguidelines.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Enrichment Record: a New Quarterly E-zine/forum]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/enrichmentrecord.html</link><description><![CDATA[A group of passionate enrichment advocates from academia and industry are the spark for this effort to ignite and excite the laboratory animal community from top to bottom.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/enrichmentrecord.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:17:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Implementation of the U.S. National Research Council Report on Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: Can We Make the Business Case for Alternatives?]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/impusntnlrsrch.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/impusntnlrsrch.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:08:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CALAS Symposium Call for Abstracts]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/calassymocalls.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/calassymocalls.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:34:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ATLA Vol. 37, No. 4 Excerpts Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/atla37.4.html</link><description><![CDATA[Excerpts from ATLA Volume 37 Number 4 September 2009 and Volume 37 Supplement 1 September 2009 are now available on Altweb.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/atla37.4.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:30:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACLAM Foundation Seeks Research Proposals in Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/aclamrsrchprpsl.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid 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LLNA]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/perfstndforllna.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/perfstndforllna.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reduced LLNA Uses Fewer Animals]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/llnausefewanimals.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/llnausefewanimals.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:49:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lab Toys: How does cage enrichment affect rodents? (The Scientist)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/labtoys.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/labtoys.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:40:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - New Grant Applications INVITED NOW]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/newgrantappl.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/newgrantappl.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:05:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCAW Offers IACUC-Advanced Workshop]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/scawiacuc.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/scawiacuc.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:32:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AltTox.Org August/September Newsletter Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/alttox0809.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/alttox0809.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:08:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zebrafish and Humans Share Similar Response to Invading Germs]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/zebrafishnhumans.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/zebrafishnhumans.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:36:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confusion about the Impact of REACH]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/reachconfusion.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/reachconfusion.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:44:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roche Announces 3Rs Award Winners]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/roche3rsaward.html</link><description><![CDATA[Roche announced the winners of its global 3Rs Award Program - a unique and innovative program that helps to reduce and limit the use of animals in preclinical research.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/roche3rsaward.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:25:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Pan-African Seminar on Alternatives to Animal Experiments]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/panafricanseminar.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/panafricanseminar.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:28:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online Training for IACUC Community Members]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iacuctraining2.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid 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BfR]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/zebet20.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/zebet20.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:10:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICCVAM-recommended Nonanimal Ocular Safety Testing Methods Accepted as OECD Test Guidelines]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iccvam.html</link><description><![CDATA[(NICEATM) and the Interagency Center on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) are pleased to announce that two ICCVAM-recommended nonanimal safety testing methods have been officially adopted as Health Effects Test Guidelines by the OECD.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iccvam.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:20:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toxicity Testing Gets a Makeover (Nature)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/toxtestingnature</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/toxtestingnature</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:47:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toxipedia Launches The World Library of Toxicology]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/toxpedia.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/toxpedia.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dieter Lutticken Award 2008 for Alternatives in Animal Testing Presented to Dr. Ivo Claassen]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/dieterlutticken.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/dieterlutticken.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:07:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moths as good as mice for many drug tests]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/moths.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/moths.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:03:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2009 Charles River Laboratories’ Excellence in Refinement Award]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/charlesriveraward09.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/charlesriveraward09.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:56:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. National Academy of Sciences Wins 2009 CAAT Recognition Award]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/caataward09.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/caataward09.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:39:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAAT Director Thomas Hartung Receives 2009 Russell & Burch Award]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/hartungrussellandburch.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/hartungrussellandburch.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:36:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECVAM Open Calls]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/ecvamopencalls.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/ecvamopencalls.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:40:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCAW offers 3 new publications on research animal welfare]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/scaw.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/scaw.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:29:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU chemicals law spells "surge in animal testing"]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/reachreuters.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/reachreuters.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:26:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chemical-safety costs uncertain (Nature News)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/chemicalsafety.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/chemicalsafety.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:11:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FEATURE: Chemical regulators have overreached (Nature article by Thomas Hartung)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/hartung_reach_nature.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/hartung_reach_nature.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:01:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cancer's Break-in Tools Possibly Identified: Nematode Worm Provides Model Of Invasive Cancer]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/nematode.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/nematode.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:42:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD CONGRESS: Updated Program Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/worldcongress3.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/worldcongress3.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:34:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD CONGRESS: Visit the CAAT booth]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/worldcongress1.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/worldcongress1.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:03:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toxicology in the 21st Century (Nature article by Thomas Hartung)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/tox21.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/tox21.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:58:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD CONGRESS: Demonstration of the Redesigned Altweb: Tuesday, Sept. 1]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/worldcongress2.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/worldcongress2.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:48:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Altweb Launches International 3Rs Centers Site]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/3rscenters.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/3rscenters.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:05:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ATLA Vol. 37, No. 23 Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/atla3723.html</link><description><![CDATA[ATLA 37.23 now available.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/atla3723.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:10:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frontiers in Public Health: Alternatives to Animal Testing (Johns Hopkins Public Health magazine)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/092408.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/092408.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanderbilt chemist gets ARDF grant]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/vanderbilt.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/vanderbilt.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:32:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report on Ocular Safety Testing Methods]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/ocularsafety.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/ocularsafety.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:32:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online IACUC Training]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iacuctraining.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iacuctraining.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:31:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Commission Alternative Testing Strategies Progress Report 2009]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/eurotesting.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/eurotesting.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:31:12 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