ALTEX :: Alternatives to Animal Experiments

2005, VOLUME 2

CONTENTS :: MAIN ARTICLES

Developmental toxicity testing from animal towards embryonic stem cells
Cristian Pellizzer, Susanne Bremer and Thomas Hartung

Fourth EU report on the statistics on the number of animals used for scientific purposes in 2002 - trends, problems, conclusions Ursula G. Sauer, Horst Spielmann and Brigitte Rusche

Towards an alternative for the acute fish LC50 test in chemical assessment: the fish embryo toxicity test goes multi-species - an update (Linz 2004, part 1)
Thomas Braunbeck, Melanie Böttcher, Henner Hollert, Thomas Kosmehl, Eva Lammer, Erik Leist, Mark Rudolf and Nadja Seitz

Short tandem repeat DNA typing provides an international reference standard for authentication of human cell lines (Linz 2004, part 1)
Wilhelm Gerhard Dirks, Silke Fähnrich, Isabelle Annick Janine Estella and Hans Günter Drexler

Serological test methods as replacement for infection trials in piglets to test the potency of E. coli vaccines for sows (dams) (Linz 2004, part 1)
Marion Krug, Dorothea Hausleithner, Regine Taddey, Peter Volkers, Babett Kobe and Klaus Cußler

EU-Cosmetics: timetables for the replacement of animal experiments - comments from the point of view of the German Animal Welfare Federation (Linz 2004, part 1)
Irmela Wiltrud Ruhdel