ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 26, Number 5
September/October 1998

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Biopharmaceuticals -- from animals or plants?

NEWS AND VIEWS

3RD WORLD CONGRESS

LETTER FROM CAAT

ARTICLES

ECVAM Workshop Report

Non-animal tests for evaluating the toxicity of solid xenobiotics.
A.E. Aust, R.E. Bolton, P.J.A. Borm, J. Bruch, G. Ciapetti, K. Donaldson, Z. Elias, J. Gold, M.C. Jaurand, A.B. Kane, D. Lison & H. Muhle

Progress in toxicological testing: reduction and refinement issues.
K. Tichias, J. Fentem, D. Basketter, P. Botham, P. Brooker, L. Bruner, P. Evans, S. Fairhurst, E. Fassold, R. Fielder, F. Gerberick, P. Harvey, H. Koëter, P. Parsons, E. Schlede, D. Shannon, and H. Spielmann

Comparative evaluation of in vitro and in vivo assays for the detection of avian infectious bronchitis virus as a contaminant for live poultry vaccines.
E. Falcone, E. Vignolo, L. Di Trani, S. Puzelli & M. Tollis

A germination bioassay as a toxicological screening system for studying the effects of potential prodrugs of naproxen.
M. Gonzalez-de la Parra, C. Ramos-Mundo, M. Jimenez-Estrada, C. Ponce de Leon, R. Castillo, V. Tejeda, K.G. Cuevas & R.G. Enriquez

Alternative approaches and tests in ecotoxicology: a review of the present position and the prospects for change, taking into account ECVAM's duties, topic selection and test criteria.
C.H. Walker

A study on UV filter chemicals from Annex VII of European Union Directive 76/768/EEC, in the in vitro 3T3 NRU phototoxicity test.
H. Spielmann, M. Balls, J. Dupuis, W.J.W. Pape, O. de Silva, H-G. Holzhütter, F. Gerberick, M. Liebsch, W.W. Lovell & U. Pfannenbecker

An evaluation of the proposed OECD testing strategy for skin corrosion.
A.P. Worth, J.H. Fentem, M. Balls, P.A. Botham, R.D. Curren, L.K. Earl, D.J. Esdaile & M. Liebsch

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

Animal models of human psychology: critique of science, ethics & policy

SELECTED TITLES