In this, my first issue of ATLA as Editor-in-Chief, I would like to introduce myself and to share with you my vision for the evolution of the journal in the months ahead. Since its inception, ATLA has played a key role in identifying, collating and disseminating the latest ideas and innovations in the area of alternatives. Truly multidisciplinary in its scope, ATLA has provided the waymarkers for the journey towards replacing the use of animals in experiments. In terms of moving towards replacement, I view this very much as a journey, from past practice where animal testing was undertaken with scant consideration of alternatives, to a future where such testing has been consigned to history, as science evolves to provide the requisite answers through the integration of alternative methods, relevant to the species of interest, that are fully acceptable to all stakeholders — industry, consumers and regulators.

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新主编的评论：替代之旅和不可避免的问题。

在此，我作为ATLA总编辑的第一期刊物，我想自我介绍并与您分享我对未来几个月期刊发展的看法。自成立以来，ATLA在确定，整理和传播替代方案领域的最新思想和创新方面发挥了关键作用。真正的多学科在其范围内，ATLA提供了waymarkers用于对替换实验用动物的旅程。在走向替代方面，我认为这是一段历程，从过去的动物测试实践很少考虑替代方法，到将来这种测试已经成为历史的未来，随着科学的发展通过整合替代方法提供必要的答案与利益物种相关的，所有利益相关者（行业，消费者和监管机构）都完全可以接受的。