Introduction to Molecular Medicine
	Oxford University , Oxford, UK 1-2 December 1999
	AIDS: An infectious disease rampant in the 20th Century · Introduction to the Problem · The Life Cycle of the AIDS Virus · The Discovery of an Achilles Heel in the AIDS Virus; the HIV protease · Rational Design of Inhibitors of the Protease The Molecular Biology of Cancer · An Introduction to Cancer · Cell Signalling Proteins and Cancer · Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes · Oncoproteins as Targets for Pharmacological Intervention · The Mutational Evolution of the Cancer Cell The Molecular Biology of Alzheimer's Disease · An Introduction to Alzheimer's Disease · The Pathological Lesions that Arise in the Amygdala, Hippocampus, and Cortex Of Alzheimers Patients · The Discovery of the b Protein that Forms the Pathological Lesions · The Killing of Neurons by Polymerised b Protein · The Isolation of the Gene that Produces the b Protein · The Genetic and Environmental Factors that Influence b Malfunction · Attempting to 'Cure' Alzheimer's Disease by Slowing it Down The Molecular Biology of Schizophrenia · Schizophrenia: Delusions and Hallucinations · The Elevated Level of Dopamine Neurotransmission in Schizophrenia · The Molecular Mechanism by which Reserpine Lowers Dopamine Neurotransmission · Controlling Neurotransmission in the Treatment of Mental Illness Molecular Biology of Cardiovascular Disease · The Inevitable Conflict Between Lipid Metabolism and the Blood Clotting Reaction · Cholesterol and the Build up of Atheromatous Plaque · How Athoromatous Plaque sets off the Blood Clotting Enzymes Inside the Circulatory System; Heart Attack and Stroke · Lowering Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Disease by 50% in 50 Years · HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Asprin and tPA
	Organized by:	Oxford University
	Invited Speakers:	Dr David Dressler is a molecular biologist who's research contributions lie in the fields of DNA Replication and Recombination, and Alzheimers Disease. He comes to Oxford after twenty five years on the faculty of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. In addition to research papers and review articles, he has written a volume for the Scientific American Library, entitled Discovering Enzymes. Dr Dressler's appointment at the University of Oxford is in the Department of Biochemistry and a member of Balliol College.
	Deadline for Abstracts:	N/A
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