ATLA: Alternatives to Lab AnimalsCurrent Issue(first page of articles only; for full text, visit ATLA) About ATLA ATLA Home (external link; visit for full-text articles, subscription info, and more information) Volume 40 Number 5 October 2012EDITORIALWhere 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 COMMENTOn challenging the prevailing dogma: Nobel Prizes and pink diamonds M. Balls PERSPECTIVES IN LABORATORY ANIMALS (PiLAS)The launch of PiLAS OPINIONSA 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 DISCUSSIONSAutomated 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 |