<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Altweb News]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/</link><description><![CDATA[News from Altweb: the latest in information about alternatives and humane science]]></description><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2009]]></copyright><managingEditor><![CDATA[mhughes@jhsph.edu]]></managingEditor><webmaster><![CDATA[webadmin@jhsph.edu]]></webmaster><ttl>1</ttl><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:21:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v2011</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Altweb: ALTEX: Alternatives to Animal Experiments]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/altex/29_2/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[ALTEX 2/12 features 2 Food for thought articles—Systems Toxicology and A Toxicology Ontology Roadmap—as well as the t4 report: Analysis of the proposed EU Regulation concerning biocide products.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/altex/29_2/index.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:05:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human Toxome Project: Lunch Debate at EU Parliament, May 15, 2012]]></title><link>http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/workshops/humantoxome.html</link><description><![CDATA[A lunch debate on the "Human Toxome Project," chaired by Mr. Prodi, will be held at the EU Parliament on May 15, 2012.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/workshops/humantoxome.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:24:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tissue Engineering: The Third Dimension to Animal Replacement: June 12, 2012]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/tissueengineering.html</link><description><![CDATA[The UK NC3Rs and BBSRC host a symposium June 12, 2012 in central London to highlight the potential of tissue engineering as a scientifically robust means to replace and reduce the use of animals in basic research and safety testing.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/tissueengineering.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:59:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAAT Info Day: New Approaches to Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents]]></title><link>http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/workshops/countermeasures.html</link><description><![CDATA[CAAT is organizing an information day to examine the state of the art of new technologies to replace animal use as well as those that will modify current animal protocols in assessing countermeasures to bioterrorism agents.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/workshops/countermeasures.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:06:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmaker Doubts Prospects for Tox Test Mandates, Funding This Year]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/insideepa.html</link><description><![CDATA[Rep. James Moran (D-VA) is pushing to raise awareness of alternatives to animal testing in preparation for future legislative mandates to require their use.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/insideepa.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:24:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DHT Pledges £0.7m For Humane Medical Research]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/dhtgrants.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Dr. Hadwen Trust has awarded £0.7m in grants for humane medical research.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/dhtgrants.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AltTox Digest: March/April 2012 Now Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/alttox3.2012.html</link><description><![CDATA[The AltTox Digest for March/April 2012 is now available via Altweb.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/alttox3.2012.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:37:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former President of The Humane Society of the United States Remembered]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/hoytobit.html</link><description><![CDATA[John A. Hoyt, a pioneer of animal protection who viewed his work as a “ministry” benefiting both people and animals, passed away at his home in Fredericksburg, Va., on April 15.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/hoytobit.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:39:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIEHS/NTP Predictive Toxicology and CAAT's Thomas Hartung]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/envirofactor.html</link><description><![CDATA[Environmental Factor profiles Thomas Hartung, NIEHS grantee, and the Human Toxome project.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/envirofactor.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:28:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interviews with Student Conscientious Objectors to Animal Experiments in Education]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/conscientiousobjectors.html</link><description><![CDATA[Interviews with Student Conscientious Objectors to Animal Experiments in Education (Interniche).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/conscientiousobjectors.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:07:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Information Day: May 7, 2012]]></title><link>http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/workshops/pharmainfoday.html</link><description><![CDATA[CAAT is hosting a Pharmaceutical Information Day on May 7, 2012 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Registration is required.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/workshops/pharmainfoday.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:01:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congressional Briefing: EU and US Animal Welfare Law in Research and Safety Assessment]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/congressbriefing.html</link><description><![CDATA[Please join us on April 17, 2012 for a discussion of animal welfare in research and safety assessment, focusing on the similarities and differences in European Union (EU) and United States (US) laws and policies.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/congressbriefing.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:56:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AALAS Awards: Call for Nominations]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/aalasawards.html</link><description><![CDATA[The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science is accepting nominations for six awards.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/aalasawards.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:03:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAAT Grant Recipients: 2012-2013 Summaries]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/caatgrants2012.html</link><description><![CDATA[CAAT announces the recipients of its 2012-2013 grants for development of alternatives to animal testing.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/caatgrants2012.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:57:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. EPA and L’Oréal Announce Research Collaboration]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epaloreal.html</link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. EPA and L’oréal cosmetic company announced a research collaboration designed to determine if EPA’s chemical toxicity forecaster (ToxCast) can be used in systemic toxicity tests, thereby reducing animal testing.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epaloreal.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:33:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Research with MABS May Reduce Need for Animal Testing]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/immuneassays.html</link><description><![CDATA[University of Southampton researchers are investigating innovative methods of testing drugs that will reduce the need for involving animals.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/immuneassays.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:56:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPAA 3Rs Science Award: Call for Submissions]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epaa2012award.html</link><description><![CDATA[The EPAA is seeking submissions for its 2012 Science Award.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epaa2012award.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:30:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2012 Science-based Refinement Awards]]></title><link>http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/awards/AWE/2012/index.html</link><description><![CDATA[Call for Proposals: 2012 CAAT Science-based Refinement Awards. Deadline: September 28, 2012.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/awards/AWE/2012/index.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:02:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animal-free Toxicology: Sometimes In Vitro is Better (Science Magazine)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/lifesciencetech.html</link><description><![CDATA[Driven both by legislative mandate and scientific need, a new suite of in vitro and cell culture-based animal-free methods are gaining a foothold in toxicology labs.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/lifesciencetech.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:40:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NC3Rs Announces 2011 3Rs Prize Winners]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/nc3rs2011prizes.html</link><description><![CDATA[NC3Rs has announced the winners of its 2011 3Rs prizes, including Dr. Ludovic Vallier's use of artificial liver cells to model inherited metabolic disorders of the liver.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/nc3rs2011prizes.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:46:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Robot Can Test 10,000 Chemicals Per Week for Human Toxicity]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/robotictesting.html</link><description><![CDATA[The US government recently unveiled its newest tool for safeguarding public health—a robot capable of screening thousands of chemicals each week for potential human toxicity.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/robotictesting.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:34:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAAT Grants: Call for Proposals]]></title><link>http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/grants/preproposal.html</link><description><![CDATA[CAAT Grants 2013-2014: Call for Proposals]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/grants/preproposal.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:20:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IFER Offers Graduate Student Fellowship Grants]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/ifergrants.html</link><description><![CDATA[Pre-proposals for Graduate Student Fellowship Grants will be accepted by IFER, the International Foundation for Ethical Research from January 1st, 2012 through March 15, 2012.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/ifergrants.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:50:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICCVAM Recommends Non-animal In Vitro Method to Identify Potential Endocrine-active Substances]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/iccvamendocrine.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) recently evaluated the usefulness of a non-animal test method that can identify substances with the potential for interacting with the estrogen receptor in vitro.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/iccvamendocrine.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:11:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Cosmetics Industry Contributes to Alternatives]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/cosmeticseurope.html</link><description><![CDATA[Cosmetics Europe, the trade association representing the interests of the cosmetic industry in Europe, says it will add 8 million euros to fund the program dedicated to find alternatives to animal testing]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/cosmeticseurope.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:01:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARDF Research Grants: Call for Proposals 2012]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/ardfgrants2012.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Alternatives Research & Development Foundation is currently soliciting research proposals for its 2012 Alternatives Research Grant Program.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/ardfgrants2012.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:33:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALTEX 29.1: January 2012 Now Available Online]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/altex29_1.html</link><description><![CDATA[The new ALTEX journal contains the t4 report: "A roadmap for the development of alternative (non-animal) methods for systemic toxicity testing."]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/altex29_1.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:33:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AltTox Digest: January 2012 Edition Now Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/alttox1.2012.html</link><description><![CDATA[The January 2012 edition of AltTox Digest is now available online.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/alttox1.2012.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:35:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act: A Workshop]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/infoawa.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Animal Welfare Information Center teaches a one and a half day workshop at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) for individuals who are responsible for providing information to meet the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/infoawa.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:10:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Replicate Alzheimer's Neurons In Vitro]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/alzheimersinvitro.html</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers out of UC San Diego School of Medicine created in vitro models of genetic and sporadic forms of Alzheimer’s disease, using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) from patients who suffered from the neurodegenerative disorder.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/alzheimersinvitro.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:54:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence-based Toxicology for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges: Jan. 24-25]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/ebt21.html</link><description><![CDATA[Workshop: Evidence-based Toxicology for the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges January 24-25, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/ebt21.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:04:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Forum on 21st Century Toxicology and Evidence-based Toxicology]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/openforum.html</link><description><![CDATA[Open Forum on 21st Century Toxicology and Evidence-based Toxicology—a satellite meeting at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 2012 Annual Meeting, Sunday, March 11, San Francisco.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/2012/openforum.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:29:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[InterNICHE Launches New Website for Humane Education and Alternatives]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/newinterniche.html</link><description><![CDATA[Interniche has launched a new website on alternatives to animal
experiments in medical, veterinary, medical, and biological science
education and training.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/newinterniche.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:37:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FDA DART Workshop: April 16, 2012]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/fdadartworkshop</link><description><![CDATA[The US FDA is hosting a workshop on reproductive and developmental toxicity testing in Silver Spring, Maryland on April 16, 2012.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/fdadartworkshop</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:34:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nanosensors May Reduce Animal Testing]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/nanosensors.htm</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT in Munich hope to use novel nanosensors to reduce the number of experiments carried out on animals.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/nanosensors.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:12:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animal Studies Cross Campus to Lecture Hall (NYT)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animalstudies.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animalstudies.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:55:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Tox21 to Begin Screening 10,000 Chemicals]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/tox21screening.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/tox21screening.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:02:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IOM Report Recommends Stringent Limits On Use Of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iomreport.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iomreport.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:10:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding Animal Testing]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/avoidingtesting.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/avoidingtesting.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:29:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2011 IACUC Reports Due to OLAW by January 31, 2012]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iacucreport.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iacucreport.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:24:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AltTox Newsletter for October/November 2011]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/altoxnewsletter.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/altoxnewsletter.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:09:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enrichment Extravaganza- Program Agenda]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/enrichmentagenda.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/enrichmentagenda.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:12:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[3-D Model of Rat Brain Circuit Created]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/3dratbrainmodel.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/3dratbrainmodel.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:20:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[1st International Symposium and Workshop on Systematic Reviews in Laboratory Animal Science]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/symposiumworkshop.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/symposiumworkshop.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:50:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novo Nordisk to limit use of animal testing]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/novonordisk.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/novonordisk.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:07:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies failing to live up to EU chemical law - November 29, 2011]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/euchemicallaw.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/euchemicallaw.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:20:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advances in In-Vitro Cell and Tissue Culture 22-23 May 2012]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/invitrocelltissueculture.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/invitrocelltissueculture.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:34:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALTEX Journal, Vol. 28 No. 4 Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/altex4_2011.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/altex4_2011.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:40:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ATLA Volume 39 Number 5 October 2011 Now Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/alta39_5.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/alta39_5.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:02:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NICEATM and ICCVAM to Update Five-Year Plan: Request for Comments]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/fiveyearplan.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/fiveyearplan.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:39:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian Animal Testing Under the Microscope]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/australiaanimal.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/australiaanimal.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:50:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-Approval Monitoring: From Primer to Production]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/primerconference.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/primerconference.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:16:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two New Projects Approved by 3R Research Foundation Switzerland]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/2rprojects.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/2rprojects.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:29:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minding Animals Conference, July 2012, Utrecht Universität, Niederlande]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animalconference.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animalconference.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:14:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIH Awards SBIR Grant to InVitria to Develop Defined Animal-Free Vaccine Media]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/nihawardssbir.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid 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Animals]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/producttest.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/producttest.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:51:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALTEX Journal, Vol. 28 No. 3 Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/altex3_2011.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/altex3_2011.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:02:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPAA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2011]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epaa2011.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epaa2011.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:32:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ATLA Volume 39 Number 4 September 2011]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/alta39_4.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/alta39_4.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:38:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Zealand Releases Animal Ethics Report]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animalethicsreport.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animalethicsreport.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:41:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian Scientists Blast Proposal to Improve Animal Welfare]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/blastproposal.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/blastproposal.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:44:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE: CAAT Receives $6 Million NIH Grant to Map the Human Toxome]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/caatnihgrant.html</link><description><![CDATA[CAAT under Director Thomas Hartung received a $6 million NIH Director's Grant to begin mapping the "human toxome" to advance toxicological science.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/caatnihgrant.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:55:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Nerve Pathways in Chips for Brain Studies]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/chipsbrainstudies.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/chipsbrainstudies.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:49:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New Revolution in Toxicology: The Good, Bad and Ugly]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/nyacademyofscience.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/nyacademyofscience.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:10:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expert calls for end to animal testing of toxics]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animaltoxics.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animaltoxics.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:38:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congressional Briefing: 3Rs in US Law and Policy: Sept. 13, 2011]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/congressionalbriefing.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/congressionalbriefing.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:53:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAAT Presents 3 Prestigious Awards at 8th World Congress in 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2011 16:55:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manfred Liebsch Presented with CAAT Recognition Award]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/manfredliebsch.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/manfredliebsch.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:37:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[International Workshop on Alternative Methods for Human and Veterinary Rabies Vaccine Testing]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/humanveternary.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/humanveternary.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:58:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Altla Volume 39 Number 3 July 2011]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/alta39_3.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/alta39_3.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:47:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Grant Supports Hastings Work on Ethics of Medical Research with Animals]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/hastingsethics.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund awarded The Hastings Center a $159,000 grant to explore the ethical, scientific, and legal issues on using animals in medical research and on the prospects for using alternatives to animal models.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/hastingsethics.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:11:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Botox Maker to Reduce Animal Testing (LA Times)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/botox.html</link><description><![CDATA[Allergan Inc. announced last month that the FDA approved its new method to test Botox's potency. Instead of having to test every batch on live animals, it can now run a test on cells in a lab dish.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/botox.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:54:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Gaps Threaten Chemical Safety Law (Nature)]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/reachcritique.htm</link><description><![CDATA[European companies are not providing robust information to regulators or alternatives to animal experiments.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/reachcritique.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:06:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video: Dr. Bernard Rollin on "Animal Pain: What it is and Why it Matters"]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/rollinvideo.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/rollinvideo.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:40:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research in Fish Provides New Clues About Deadly Form of Liver Cancer]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/fishresearch.html</link><description><![CDATA[Scientists fish for answers about hepatocellular carcinoma]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/fishresearch.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:06:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA Developing "Virtual Liver" Computer Simulation]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epavirtualliver.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/epavirtualliver.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:25:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[October 2011 Workshop on Alternative Methods for Human and Veterinary Rabies Vaccine Testing]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/rabiesvaccinetesting.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/rabiesvaccinetesting.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:41:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Vitro Assay Expected to Reduce Animal Use for Botulinum Neurotoxin Testing by 95%]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/invitroassay.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/invitroassay.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:30:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2011 International Conference on Environmental Enrichment (ICEE)!]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iceeconference.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/iceeconference.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:30:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auckland Scientist Wins Award for Reducing Animal Testing]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/aucklandscientist.html</link><description><![CDATA[A University of Auckland scientist has received the 2011 National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) Three Rs award, sponsored by the Royal New Zealand SPCA.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/aucklandscientist.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:20:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[C. Elegans Unlocks Secrets of the Brain]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/elegansbrainsecret.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/elegansbrainsecret.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:41:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conference: Animal Models and their Value in Predicting Drug Efficacy and Toxicity]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/drugefficacy.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/drugefficacy.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:36:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researching 'Omics']]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/omics.html</link><description><![CDATA[Scientists from P&G are intimately involved in 'Omics' research, using advanced scientific tools to create new interventions for common conditions affecting people.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/omics.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:52:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animal Experiments Legislation: Another 'Done Deal' From The EU]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animallegislation.html</link><description><![CDATA[The legislative process moves slowly but steadily, especially where Europe is concerned.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animallegislation.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:49:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ATLA Vol. 39, No. 2]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/Alta39_2.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/Alta39_2.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:15:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AnimAlt-ZEBET-News, June 2011]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animalt.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/animalt.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:59:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPAA 3Rs Communication Prize]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/3rsprize.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/3rsprize.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:53:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latest Issue of ALTEX (volume 28, No. 2) Now Available]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/altex2_2011.html</link><description><![CDATA[This issue includes a Food for Thought column “On Mapping the Human Toxome” (Thomas Hartung and Mary McBride).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/altex2_2011.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:40:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simcyp Grant and Partnerships]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/simcypgrantapplications.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/simcypgrantapplications.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:54:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloodless Worms Yield Insight on Human Blood, Parasites & Iron Deficiency]]></title><link>http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/irondeficiency.html</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://altweb.jhsph.edu/news/current/irondeficiency.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:46:28 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

