Editorial

U2, 145

Food for thought ... on alternative methods for cosmetics safety testing

147-162

The biological and ethical basis of the use of human embryonic stem cells for in vitro test systems or cell therapy

163-190

A newly developed in vitro model of the human epithelial airway barrier to study the toxic potential of nanoparticles

191-196

Reverse transcriptase activity of hepatitis B virus polymerase in eukaryotic cell extracts in vitro

197-211

Non-animal methodologies within biomedical research and toxicity testing

213-231

A review of national public funding programmes in European countries

233-242

News

246-251

Meeting Reports

252-256

Calendar

243

One year to go: 7th world congress on alternatives and the use of animals in life sciences, Rome, 30 August - 3 September 2009

244-245

Imprint

U3

Instructions to authors

212

Cover