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Latest articles and information by or about CAAT:

US and EU Experts Discuss Collaboration on New Toxicology Tools (Chemical Watch, October, 2012)
CAAT One of 17 NIH Grantees Developing Tissue Chips to Help Predict Drug Safety (NIH News, 2012)
Regulating Chemicals: Letter from CAAT's Paul Locke to Chicago Tribune (Chicago Tribune, 2012)
Expert Calls For End to Animal Testing of Toxics
Can European Companies Meet the Deadline for Registering Chemicals? (Nature News, December 2010)
Animal Testing Alternatives Come Alive in US (Nature Medicine, December 2010)
Basic Animal Research on the Rise (Nature Medicine, November 2010)
Values Clash Over UR Animal Research (Democrat and Chronicle, November 2010)
European research animal use holds steady (Nature News, October 2010)
CAAT-Europe Information Day: REACH, TSCA Reauthorization and Toxicology of 21st Century (October 2010) (Altweb)
Food for Thought... On Alternative Methods for Nanoparticle Safety Testing (ALTEX)
Dr. Thomas Hartung Has Received An Agilent Thought Leader Award In Support Of His Research For The Use Of Toxicity Pathways To Predict Developmental Neurotoxicity (The Street, August 2010)

Multimedia

Middle School Students Hold Fundraiser for CAAT
Video: Webinar on Evidence-based Toxicology, featuring Dr. Martin Stephens of CAAT (Fuze Meeting Password: ASCCT)
(Note: Webinar link will expire on February 15, 2013)
Video of Dr. Bernie Rollin's lecture on Animal Pain: What it is and why it matters
Video from Thomas Hartung's presentation at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology: "From Alternative Methods to a New Toxicology for the 21st Century."
July 2010 Symposium: 21st Century Validation Strategies for 21st Century Tools (full video of symposium)
Dr. Alan Goldberg Lecture from January, 2008 at UCLA: "The Science of Alternatives: Initial Truths—Current Realities" Powerpoint Slides
Alternatives to Toxicity Testing in Animals: What a Changing Regulatory Landscape Will Mean for Lawyers, Scientists, and Animal Advocates

CAAT 25th Anniversary Symposium Video

Part 1. Introductory remarks by James D. Yager, PhD and Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (16.4 MB QuickTime movie)
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Part 2. Alan M. Goldberg; Remembering Bill Russell video tribute (52 MB Quicktime movie)
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CAAT: 25 Years of Humane Science Documentary (3-part documentary produced for CAAT's 25th Anniversary Symposium)

"Remembering Bill Russell" video tribute

Articles

Frontiers of Public Health: Alternatives to Animal Testing (Johns Hopkins Public Health magazine, Summer 2009)
How Cosmetics Led to the Creation of a New Field of Science (JHU Gazette, 10/2006)
Leading the Way (Johns Hopkins Magazine, 10/2006)
Humane Science Offers Alternatives to Animal Testing (Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine, Fall 2006)
More articles here

Flyers and Posters

CAAT Brochure (2.2 MB PDF)