Contributors from science and from politics examine the recent findings and legislation regarding alternatives to animal testing in biomedical research. Not only surveys and describes replacement strategies, such an in vitro experiments, but also the extent to which they have been accepted by regulatory agencies. Scientists in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries might be as interested as those in medicine. The 20 papers are from a September 1992 symposium in Zurich. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
