ALTEX :: Alternatives to Animal Experiments

2002, SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS :: MAIN ARTICLES

Science and Ethics
Friedrich Harrer

Experimental Animal Research in the EU Legislation
Gieri Bolliger

White Paper of the European Commission -- Strategy for a New Chemicals Policy
Horst Spielmann

The New EU Chemicals Policy - Discussions on Details Relevant for Animal Welfare
Ursula G. Sauer

Ecotoxicological Assessment of Surface Waters: A Modular Approach Integrating In Vitro Methods
Nina Schweigert, Rik I.L. Eggen, Beate I. Escher, Patricia Burkhardt-Holm and Renata Behra

DarT: The Embryo Test with the Zebrafish Danio rerio -- a General Model in Ecotoxicology and Toxicology
Roland Nagel

PCR and ELISA -- In Vitro Alternatives to the Mouse-Bioassay for assessing the Botulinum-Neurotoxin-C1 Production Potential in Environmental Samples?
Thomas C. Zechmeister, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Tonie E. Rocke, Fritz Pittner, Renate Rosengarten, Robert L. Mach, Alois Herzig and Alexander K. T. Kirschner

Improving the Embryonic Stem Cell Test (EST) by Establishing Molecular Endpoints of Tissue Specific Development Using Murine Embryonic Stem Cells (D3 Cells)
Andrea Seiler, Anke Visan, Ingeborg Pohl, Elke Genschow, Roland Buesen and Horst Spielmann

Immortalisation of Ovarian Granulosa and Theca Cells of the Marmoset Monkey Callithrix jacchus
Bettina Husen, Kai Lieder, Alexandra Marten, Angelika Jurdzinski, Kerstin Fuhrmann, Harald Petry, Wolfgang Lüke and Almuth Einspanier

Comparative Study of Rabbit Pyrogen Test and Human Whole Blood Assay on Human Serum Albumin
Ingo Spreitzer, Matthias Fischer, Katja Hartzsch, Ursel Lüderitz-Püchel and Thomas Montag

Replacement of Mouse and Rat Antibody Production Test Validation of Different Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays
Frank Bootz and Isabella Sieber