1997 PAS Meeting Highlights
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology Award Lectures The award this year goes jointly to Professors Gehring and Hogness for their discover of homeobox genes
The Future of Biomedical Research
Dr. Francis Collins, Congressman John Porter and Dr. C. Thomas Caskey will each offer their prospective on the role of their institution in shaping the manner in which biomedical research is conducted
Molecular Insights in Clinical Bone Disease
This state of the art plenary is jointly sponsored by the PAS, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology and Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society features Drs Harold Varmus, Head of the NIH, Harald Jueppner, Massachusetts General Hospital and Steven Scheinman, SUNY, Health Science Center at Syracuse
Linking Molecular Biology and Early Diagnosis
Drs. Rudolph Leibel, Fred Ledley and Michael Greenberg will examine the contribution of molecular biology to our fundamental approach to obesity, behavior and development and prevention of infectious diseases.
**The revolution in molecular biology has changed the potential for diagnosis and treatment of many inherited and acquired diseases**
Featured speakers will discuss the evolving issues surrounding Childhood Suicide, Vaccines and New Therapies for the Diseases of Newborns
