Pharmacology down under in 2001.

Every December, pharmacologists and toxicologists of Australia and New Zealand gather for the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists annual scientific meeting. The 2001 meeting highlighted the areas of cardiovascular research and neurodegeneration and neuroprotection. Cardiovascular researchers are investigating such areas as drugs for pulmonary hypertension, links between superoxide dismutase and cardiovascular disease, and angiogenesis. There was considerable discussion as to why neuroprotective agents that are so promising in animals fail in the clinic. Potential new agents and new targets for neuroprotection were also considered. (c) 2001 Prous Science. All rights reserved.