NEWS ARCHIVE 2004

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DECEMBER 2004

The Humane Society of the United States’ Animal Research News & Analysis, December 2, 2004 issue (12/06/2004)

C. elegans in the news (12/06/2004)

NOVEMBER 2004

Animal Protection Awarded (from The Scientist)

OCTOBER 2004

Science Daily reports on Caenorhabditis elegans as substitute for rodents in toxicology testing (10/28/2004)

The Humane Society of the United States' Pain and Distress Report in PDF format (10/27/2004)

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) announces the availability of "Updated Standardized In Vitro Cytotoxicity Test Method Protocols for Estimating Acute Oral Systemic Toxicity" (10/22/2004)

HSUS Animal Research News and Analysis now available (10/14/2004)

"The Ark" website aims to reduce number of animals used in research (10/6/2004)

Science magazine book review of Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions (10/1/2004)

Latest ILAR Journal devoted to endocrine disruptor issues (10/1/2004)

SEPTEMBER 2004

EURCA Newsletter for September 2004 now available. (9/5/2004)

ARDF announces 2004 Grant Awards (PDF file) (9/1/2004)

AUGUST 2004

The Humane Society of the United States' Animal Research News and Analysis (8/27/2004)

JULY 2004

Summer Issue of European Resource Centre for Alternatives in Higher Education (EURCA) newsletter now available (7/7/2004)

The Humane Society of the United States' Animal Research News & Analysis (7/7/2004)

The Environmental Forum looks at the 3Rs, toxicology testing, and related policy concerns (July/August 2004)

JUNE 2004

MAY 2004

Animal Pharm: New Models in Drug Development (05/24/2005)

National Toxicology Program Endorses the 3Rs (05/20/2005)

Virtual Vermin Saves Lab Rats (Wired News article) (05/20/2005)

CAAT announces 2005 Animal Welfare Enhancement Award recipients (05/12/2005)

Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (National Academies Press) (05/04/2005)

Stem Cell Guidelines Issued (Washington Post article, registration required) (05/04/2005)

APRIL 2004

Alternatives in education web site available in several languages -- English, Farsi, Greek, Polish, Russian, Ukranian (4/8/2004)

The Humane Society of the United States' Pain and Distress Report (PDF file) (4/8/2004)

The Humane Society of the United States' Animal Research News & Analysis (4/5/2004)

MARCH 2004

March 2004 Newsletter of the Netherlands Centre for Alternatives to Animal Use (NCA) available (3/24/2004).

The Humane Society of the United States' Animal Research News & Analysis (3/4/2004)

Looking for alternatives to fetal calf serum for cell culture? (3/4/2004)

FEBRUARY 2004

The Humane Society of the United States' Pain and Distress Report now available (PDF file) (2/9/2004).

Winter issue of European Resource Centre for Alternatives in Higher Education (EURCA) newsletter now available (MS Word doc) (2/3/2004).

JANUARY 2004

The Humane Society of the United States' Animal Research News & Analysis (1/8/2004)

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