It wasmy pleasure to attend The Endocrine Society’s 97th Annual Meeting and Expo courtesy of the Elsevier/Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology andMetabolism Junior Research Prize for Basic Science in March of this year. Hosted at the San Diego Convention Centre, we were certainly privileged to enjoy such an invigorating scientific program with the idyllic backdrop of San Diego Bay. The she...

The use of antisense oligonucleotides as a therapeutic tool in modulating gene expression represents a newly established strategy for treating diseases. Such oligomers may be designed to complement a region of a specific gene or messenger RNA. Using this approach, oligonucleotides can serve as a potential block of transcription or translation through sequence-specific hybridization with targete...

In the past decade substantial data have become availabbe suggesting that marginal malnutrition, including subclinical vitamin and mineral deficiencies, can affect some vital functions such as physical work capacity, immunobiobogicab competence, and cognitive functions and behavior. It was felt, therefore, that it would be appropriate to convene a meeting ofinvestigators involved in the study o...

s from the 2nd IMPAKT Conference are available at: http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/suppl_4 Save the date: IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference 5-7 May 2011, with the pre-conference Early-career oncologist training course 4 and 5 May 2011.