The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing is an academic center affiliated with the Division of Toxicological Sciences in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

 

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Research Grants 1988-1989

The Role of Mast Cells in Non-Immunologic Contact Urticaria

Steven G. Lazarus, MD
University of California, San Francisco, California

His work could result in an in vitro screen for irritation if canine mast-cells turn out to mediate the actions of agents known to cause non-allergic dermatitis. He is also developing a continuous culture of these mast cells.