ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 32, Number 2
June 2004

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
The UK National Centre for the Three Rs: pathway to progress or mere fig leaf?

NEWS AND VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS AND VIEWS

ARTICLES

Ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the isolated haemoperfused bovine uterus: an in vitro model of acute inflammation
M. Braun & M. Keitzmann

In vitro pollen tube growth reveals the cytotoxic potential of the flavonols, quercetin and rutin
F. Antognoni, E. Ovidi, A.R. Taddei, G. Gambellini & A. Speranza

The development of a standardised protocol to measure squamous differentiation in stratified epithelia, by using the fluorescein cadaverine incorporation technique
A.C. Gray, J. Malton & R.H. Clothier

Drug metabolism by cultured human hepatocytes: how far are we from the in vivo reality?
X. Ponsada, M.T. Donato, G. Perez-Cataldo, M.J. Gómez-Lechón & J.V. Castell

COMMENT

Peer review of validation studies: an assessment of the role of the OECD by reference to the validation of the uterotrophic assay for endocrine disruptors
R.D. Combes

The Use of Non-human Animals in Research: A Guide for Scientists
W.M.S. Russell

The case for taking account of metabolism when testing for potential endocrine disruptors in vitro
R.D. Combes

CONFERENCE REPORT

CONFERENCE DIARY

SELECTED TITLES