ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 28, Number 2
March/April 2000

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

The safe and ethical supply of human tissues for in vitro studies

NEWS AND VIEWS

NCA Letter

ARTICLES

ECVAM Workshop Report

Three Rs approaches to the production and quality control of avian vaccines.
L. Bruckner, J. Bongers, P. Castle, P.H. Flore, M. Guittet, M. Halder, C. Jungbäck, F.X. Le Gros, M. Tollis, V.K. Nair, M. Wilhelm, J. Zeegers & G. Zigterman

The Peterborough Hospital Human Tissue Bank.
C. Womack, N. Gray, J. Aikens & A. Jack

The high production volume chemical challenge program: the rodent LD50 and its possible replacement.
H.S. Rosenkranz & A.R. Cunningham

Methyl green-pyronine staining of porcine organotypic skin explant cultures: an alternative model for screening for skin irritants.
J.J.L. Jacobs, C. Lehé, K.D.A. Cammans, P.K. Das & G.R. Elliott

A comparison of three cytotoxicity endpoints in the corneal HCE-T model.
R. Clothier, A. Orme, T.L. Walker, S.L. Ward, F.H. Kruszewski, L.C. DiPasquale & C.L. Broadhead

Conceptualisation of diagnostic agents: from empirical in vivo screening to rational in vitro predictive parameters.
H. Belhadj-Tahar, R. Boumahdi & M-H. Darbieu

Volunteers in Research and Testing Workshop Report

Volunteer studies replacing animal experiments in brain research.
G. Langley, G. Harding, P. Hawkins, A. Jones, C. Newman, S. Swithenby, D. Thompson, P. Tofts & V. Walsh

COMMENT

FRAME's response to an APC questionnaire on emerging biotechnologies and the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

AROUND THE WORLD

Abstracts of the articles published in ALTEX Volume 16, 1999.

BOOK REVIEWS

Genetic engineering and animal welfare.

CONFERENCE DIARY