Paris Conference on NAC, Similar Therapeutic Approaches, May 21-23

A conference on "Oxidative Stress and Redox Regulation: Cellular Signaling, AIDS, Cancer, and other Diseases" will be held May 21-24, 1996, at Institut Pasteur in Paris. Co-chairs are Luc Montagnier, Catherine Pasquier, and Thomas Tursz; the scientific organizer is Rene Olivier. Speakers include: Lenore A. Herzenberg, "Outcomes of NAC Clinical Trial in HIV-Infected People: Rise in Whole Blood Glutathione and Increased Survival Time"; Leonard A. Herzenberg, "Glutathione and Oxidative Stress: Measures in HIV/AIDS"; and Dr. Wulf Droge, "Role of Cysteine and Glutathione in the Pathogenesis of HIV Infection -- Effects of Treatment with N-Acetyl-Cysteine." There are also several talks on apoptosis (programmed cell death) in lymphocytes in AIDS, and more on other scientific topics; we mentioned the NAC papers because they are more likely to be familiar to our readers. The scientific presentations will be in English.

Detailed information is available on the World Wide Web, http://www.immunet.org , conference abstracts will later be available on the Web. Registration is through Europa Organization, fax (33) 61 21 28 54 or (33) 61 21 28 57.