ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 30, Number 2
March / April 2002

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
Replacing animal experimentation: not a question of if, but when, and by what route?

NEWS AND VIEWS

ARTICLES

The ECVAM international validation study on in vitro embryotoxicity tests: results of the definitive phase and evaluation of prediction models.
E. Genschow, H. Spielmann, G. Scholz, A. Seiler, N. Brown, A. Piersma, M. Brady, N. Clemann, H. Huuskonen, F. Paillard, S. Bremer & K. Becker

Selection of test chemicals for the international validation study on in vitro embryotoxicity tests.
N.A. Brown

Losartan decreases glomerular filtration rate in isolated perfused porcine slaughterhouse kidneys.
K. Stahl, C. Fehrenberg, E. Neew-Galuschka, T. Krössin & G. Kaczmarczyk

In vitro setting of dose-effect relationships of 32 metal compounds in the Balb/3T3 cell line, as a basis for predicting their carcinogenic potential.
F. Mazzotti, E. Sabbioni, J. Ponti, M. Ghiani, S. Fortaner & G.L. Rossi

The use of fetal bovine serum: ethical or scientific problem?
C.E.A. Jochems, J.B.F. van der Valk, F.R. Stafleu & V. Baumans

Possibilities of replacing and reducing animal tests in the pharmacopoeias: an evaluation of unused methods and proposals for change.
G. Miethe

Two in vitro models for gas-phase exposure to volatile compounds.
P. Bonsi, F. Zucco & A. Stammati

CONFERENCE REPORT

CONFERENCE DIARY

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