FEATURE 3

European Life Scientist Organization BioMedNet Conference Reporter
Posted September 15, 2000 · Issue 86

Abstract

Editor's note: This issue's Feature 3 includes reports by Conference Reporter correspondents Melissa Mertl and Stuart Blackman, who covered the European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO), held September 2-6, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Attacking Angiogenesis
From Lab to Clinic
by Melissa Mertl

"The hypothesis that tumors are angiogenesis-dependent has now been confirmed," says Judah Folkman at his lecture on the progress of angiogenesis research and therapy. Thirty years after he first proposed the theory and one year after angiogenesis inhibitors entered clinical trials, Folkman discusses the scientific lessons he and his collaborators around the world are learning.

Seeing Mammalian Eyes in a Whole New Light

by Stuart Blackman

It was long assumed that the light-sensitive rod and cone cells on the surface of the retina in the eye were responsible for coordinating an animal's internal biological clock with the daily cycle of night and day. But this model is rapidly being overturned, delegates heard today.

Andrzej Krauze is an illustrator, poster maker, cartoonist, and painter who illustrates regularly for HMS Beagle, The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph, Bookseller, and New Statesman.

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Attacking Angiogenesis: From Lab to Clinic

Genetic heterogeneity of angiogenesis in mice - an abstract from MEDLINE.

Antiangiogenesis Information - clinical trial information from the National Cancer Institute.

Angiogenesis Foundation - information on improving global health by facilitating the development and application of angiogenesis-based medicine.