ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 25, Number 4
July/August 1997

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Postponement of the EU ban on animal tests for cosmetic ingredients

NEWS AND VIEWS

CAAT LETTER

ARTICLES

ECVAM Workshop Report

Current status and future developments of databases on alternative methods.
A. Janusch, M.D.O. van der Ramp, K Bottrill, B. Grune, D.C. Anderson, B. Ekwall, M. Howald, R. Polar, H. J.D. Kuiper, J. Larson, G. Loprieno, U. G. Sauer, A.J. Smith & J.B.F. van der Valk

Evaluation of the cytotoxic effects of MEIC chemicals 31-50 on primary culture of rat hepatocytes and hepatic and non-hepatic cell lines.
X. Ponsoda, C. Nunez, J.V. Castell, & M-J. Gomez-Lechon

The activities of peptides "31 43", "44-55" and "56-68" of A-gliadin on in vitro cultures of CaCo-2 cells.
C. Giouannini, R. Luchetti & M. De Vincenzi

A general measure of in vitro phototoxicity derived from pairs of dose-response curves and its use for predicting the in vivo phototoxicity of chemicals.
H-G. Holzhutter

COMMENT

Ethical considerations in drug safety testing.
R. Heywood

CONFERENCE REPORTS

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

CRC handbook of toxicology / Glutathione S-transferases: structure function and clinical implications / Computer simulations in biomedicine / Toxicology of chemical respiratory hypersensitivity / Welfare aspects of transgenic animals

SELECTED TITLES