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Volume 40 Number 5 October 2012

EDITORIAL

Where does iPS cell technology leave the promoters of the creation and use of admixed animal–human embryos?
M. Balls

ARTICLES

‘Human-on-a-chip’ developments: a translational cutting-edge alternative to systemic safety assessment and efficiency evaluation of substances in laboratory animals and man?
U. Marx, H. Walles, S. Hoffmann, G. Lindner, R. Horland, F. Sonntag, U. Klotzbach,
D. Sakharov, A. Tonevitsky & R. Lauster

A review of autopsy reports on chimpanzees in or from US laboratories
T. Capaldo & M. Peppercorn

“How sick must your mouse be?” — an analysis of the use of animal models in Huntington’s disease research
N.H. Franco & I.A.S. Olsson

COMMENT

On challenging the prevailing dogma: Nobel Prizes and pink diamonds
M. Balls

PERSPECTIVES IN LABORATORY ANIMALS (PiLAS)

The launch of PiLAS

OPINIONS

A risk assessment approach to severity classification in animal research
D.B. Morton

Animals are more than tools
C. Hendriksen, V. Baumans & B. Blaauboer

Animal use in veterinary education — the need for a fourth R: Respect
C. Tiplady

DISCUSSIONS

Automated homecage behavioural analysis and the implementation of the Three Rs in research involving mice
C.A. Richardson

Experience of the use of table-top simulators as alternatives in the primary surgical training of veterinary undergraduate students
J.J. Perez-Rivero & E. Rendon-Franco

Toward a humanised alternative to the use of laboratory animals for blood–brain barrier research
A. Patabendige

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Workshop: Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Opportunities: The US Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
April 23-24, 2013
Research Triangle Park, NC

Developing Microphysiological Systems for Use as Regulatory Tools- Challenges and Opportunities
May 10, 2013
Silver Spring, MD

Advances in In Vitro Cell and Tissue Culture
May 21-22, 2013
Liverpool, England

Joint US Workshop: Scientific Roadmap for the Future of Animal-Free Systemic Toxicity Testing

May 30-31, 2013

College Park, MD

International Congress of Toxicology
June 30-July 4, 2013
Seoul, Korea

EUSAAT's 2013 Congress and Symposium
September 13-18th, 2013
Linz, Austria

LATINFARMA 2013: 3Rs Alternatives in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Teaching Workshop
October 21-25, 2013
La Habana, Cuba

In Vitro Medical Device Testing Symposium
December 10-11, 2013
Baltimore, MD

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