ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 33, Number 3
June 2005

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
Validation at a crossroads (pdf)

NEWS AND VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS AND VIEWS

ARTICLES

Alopecia scoring: the quantitative assessment of hair loss in captive macaques (pdf)
P. Honess, J. Gimpel, S. Wolfensohn & G. Mason

Prediction of human acute toxicity by the Hep G2/24-hour/total protein assay, with protein measurement by the CBQCA method (pdf)
P. Dierickx

Assessment of the eye irritating properties of chemicals by applying alternatives to the Draize rabbit eye test: the use of QSARs and in vitrotests for the classification of eye irritation (pdf)
I. Gerner, M. Liebsch & H. Spielmann

Exposure of bronchial epithelial cells to whole cigarette smoke: assessment of cellular responses (pdf)
J. Phillips, B. Kluss, A. Richter & E.D. Massey

The role of biomembranes in chromium (III)-induced toxicity in vitro (pdf)
E. Rudolf & M. Cervinka

EVCAM TASKFORCE REPORT

Good cell culture practice task force report 2 (pdf)
S. Coecke, M. Balls, G. Bowe, J. Davis, G. Gstraunthaler, T. Hartung,R. Hay, O-W. Merten, A. Price, L. Schechtman, G. Stacey & W. Stokes

COMMENT
Intelligent testing strategies for chemicals testing -a case of more haste, less speed? (pdf)
R. Combes & M. Balls

The need for a formal invalidation process for animal and non-animal tests (pdf)
M. Balls & R. Combes

CONFERENCE DIARY

SELECTED TITLES