ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 27, Number 4
July/August 1999

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Animal experiments: letting the people speak.

NEWS AND VIEWS

3RD WORLD CONGRESS

CAAT LETTER

ARTICLES

ECVAM Workshop Reports

The potential use of non-invasive methods in the safety assessment of cosmetic products.
V. Rogiers, M. Balls, D. Basketter, E. Berardesca, C. Edwards, P. Elsner, J. Ennen, J.L. Lévêque, M. Lóden, P. Masson, J. Parra, M. Paye, G. Piérard, L. Rodrigues, H. Schaefer, D. Salter & V. Zuang

The Principles of Good Laboratory Practice: application to in vitro toxicology studies.
R. Cooper-Hannan, J.W. Harbell, S. Coecke, M. Balls, G. Bowe, M. Cervinka, R. Clothier, F. Hermann, L.K. Klahm, J. de Lange, M. Liebsch & P. Vanparys

ECVAM Task Force Report

The use of long-term hepatocyte cultures for detecting induction of drug metabolising enzymes: the current status.
S. Coecke, V. Rogiers, M. Bayliss, J. Castell, J. Doehmer, G. Fabre, J. Fry, A. Kern & C. Westmoreland

In vitro alternatives and phototoxicity testing. I. Evaluation of in vitro phototoxicity assays.
Y. Okamoto, A. Ryu & K. Ohkoshi

In vitro alternatives and phototoxicity testing. II. Effects of reactive oxygen species in in vitro phototoxicity assays.
Y. Okamoto, A. Ryu & K. Ohkoshi

An interlaboratory validation study of the improved transformation assay employing Balb/c 3T3 cells: results of a collaborative study on the two-stage cell transformation assay by the Non-genotoxic Carcinogen Study Group.
T. Tsuchiya, M. Umeda, H. Nishiyama, I. Yoshimura, S. Ajimi, M. Asakura, H. Baba, Y. Dewa, Y. Ebe, Y. Fushiwaki, S. Hamada, T. Hamamura, M. Hayashi, Y. Iwase, Y. Kajiwara, Y. Kasahara, M. Kawabata, E. Kitada, K. Kubo, K. Mashiko, D. Miura, F. Mizuhashi, F. Mizuno, M. Nakajima, Y. Nakamura, N. Nobe, H. Oishi, E. Ota, A. Sakai, M. Sato, S. Shimada, T. Sugiyama, C. Takahashi, Y. Tadea, N. Tanaka, C. Toyoizumi, T. Tsutsui, S. Wakuri, S. Yajima & N. Yajima

CONFERENCE REPORT

CONFERENCE DIARY

BOOK REVIEWS

The use of immuno-adjuvants in animals in Australia and New Zealand.

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