ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 24, Number 5
September/October 1996

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

The first ten years of the Animals (Specific Procedures) Act 1986

NEWS AND VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS AND VIEWS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES

ECVAM Workshop Report

Alternatives to the animal testing of medical devices.
O. Svendsen, B. Garthoff, H. Spielmann, A. Hensten-Pettersen, J.C. Jensen, M.R. Kuijpers, R. Leimgruber, M. Liebsch, W.G.K. Müller-Lierheim, G. Rydhög, U.G. Sauer, G. Schamlz, B. Sim & S. Stea

In vitro tests for respiratory toxicity.
C.R. Lambré, M. Aufderheide, R.E. Bolton, B. Fubini, H.P. Haagsman, P.M. Hext, M. Jorissen, Y. Landry, J-P. Morin, B. Nemery, P. Nettesheim, J. Pauluhn, R.J. Richards, A.E.M., Vickers & R. Wu

Alternative methods for skin sensitisation testing.
O. de Silva, D.A. Basketter, M.D. Barratt, E. Corsini, M.T.D. Cronin, P.K. Das, J. Degwert, A. Enk, J.L. Garrigue, C. Hauser, I. Kimber, J-P. Lepoittevin, J. Peguet & M. Ponec

An interactive computer program to replace in vivo experiments on rat blood pressure for teaching undergraduate students.
D. Dewhurst, I. Hughes & A. Williams

Cytotoxic effects of paracetoamol in vitro: the effects of an S9 fraction.
K. Ruppová, D. Slameñová, L. Wsólová, A. Gábelová, & M. Vargová

Measurement of xenobiotic metabolising enzyme activities in primary monolayer cultures of immature rainbow trout hepatocytes at two acclimatisation temperatures.
E.G. Jensen, R. Thauland & N.E. Søli

Results of a validation study in Germany on two in vitro alternatives to the Draize eye irritation test, the HET-CAM test and the 3T3 NRU cytotoxicity test.
H. Spielmann, M. Liebsch, S. Kalweit, F. Moldenhauer, T. Wirnsberger, H-G. Holzhütter, B. Schneider, S. Glaser, I. Gerner, W.J.W. Pape, R. Kreiling, K. Krauser, H.G. Miltenburger, W. Steiling, N.P. Luepke, N. Müller, H. Kreuzer, P. Mürmann, J. Spengler, E. Bertram-Neis, B. Siegemund & F.J. Wiebel

SHORT NOTE

Effects of surfactant retreatment in vitro: a method to evaluate changes in cell junctions and in cell viability
R. Clothier & R. Sansom

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Prospects for use of in vitro methods for assessment of human safety / Developments and ethical considerations in toxicology / The ethics of animal and human experimentation / Current standards in Europe for the care of non-human primates in laboratories

SELECTED TITLES