ATLA :: Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volume 33, Number 6
December 2005

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
"Europe goes alternative"- what's all the fuss about? (pdf)

NEWS AND VIEWS

ECVAM NEWS AND VIEWS

ARTICLES

Heterologous co-expression of human cytochrome P450 1A2 and polymorphic forms of N-acetyltransferase 2 for studies on aromatic amines in V79 Chinese hamster cells (pdf)
J. Scheuenpflug, N. Krebsfänger & J. Doehmer

Detection of electrophysiological indicators of neurotoxicity in human and rat brain slices by a three-dimensional microelectrode array (pdf)
R. Köhling, R. Melani, U. Koch, E-J. Speckmann, M. Koudelka-Hep, P. Thiébaud & M. Balestrino

An evaluation of the in vitrocytotoxicities of 50 chemicals by using an electrical current exclusion method versus the Neutral Red Uptake and MTT assays (pdf)
T. Lindl, B. Lewandowski, S. Schreyögg & A. Stäudte

An inter-laboratory study to evaluate the effects of medium composition on the differentiation and barrier function of Caco-2 cell lines (pdf)
F. Zucco, A-F. Batto, G. Bises, J. Chambaz, A. Chiusolo, R. Consalvo, H. Cross, G. Dal Negro, I. de Angelis, G. Fabre, F. Guillou, S. Hoffman, L. Laplanche, E. Morel, M. Pinçon-Raymond, P. Prieto, L. Turco, G. Ranaldi, M. Rousset, Y. Sambuy, M.L. Scarino, F. Torreilles & A. Stammati

An inter-laboratory collaborative study by the non-genotoxic carcinogen study group in Japan, on a cell transformation assay for tumour promoters using Bhas 42 cells (pdf)
K. Ohmori, M. Umeda, N. Tanaka, H. Takagi, I. Yoshimura, K. Sasaki, S. Asada, A. Sakai, H. Araki, M. Asakura, H. Baba, Y. Fushiwaki, S. Hamada, N. Kitou, T. Nakamura, Y. Nakamura, H. Oishi, S. Sasaki, S. Shimada, T. Tsuchiya, Y. Uno, M. Washizuka, S. Yajima, Y. Yamamoto, E. Yamamura & T. Yatsushiro

Opportunities to replace the use of animals in sepsis research. The report and recommendations of a Focus on Alternatives Workshop (pdf)
C. Langley, C. Brock, G. Brouwer, A. Brown, L. Clapp, J. Cohen, T. Evans, C. Newman, S. Orr, B. Phillips, A. Rhodes, N. Webster & K. Wooldridge

COMMENT

The Ethics of Research Involving Animals: the report of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, May 2005 (pdf)
M. Balls, W.M.S. Russell, S. Festing, T. Patel, C.F.M. Hendriksen & D. Thomas

A comment from a humane experimental technique perspective on the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report on The Ethics of Research Involving Animals
W.M.S. Russell

The Ethics of Research Involving Animals: a review of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report from aresearch perspective
S. Festing & T. Patel

The Ethics of Research Involving Animals: a review of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report from a Three Rs perspective
C.F.M. Hendriksen

The Ethics of Research Involving Animals: a review of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report from an antivivisectionist perspective
D. Thomas

CONFERENCE REPORTS (pdf)

CONFERENCE DIARY

SELECTED TITLES

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX