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Asian-pacific meeting
TIPS -Janua'ry 1983
4 colleagues who are not native English speakers. A full social program was offered to accompanying family members and the occasional scientist sneaking out from the sessions. This included a trip to Lake Averno, the Gate to Hell in classical mythology ('Facilis descensus Avemo'), and culminated in a banquet of medieval magnificance held at night on the terrace of the castle. A nice organizational touch was the inclusion in the registration packet along with the obligatory briefcase of a small book of verse, 'Regola Sanitaria Saler-
nitana'. These verses on medicine and herbs (in Latin with an Italian translation) arise from the School of Medicine in Salerno, which was one of the most ancient in Europe. They are dedicated to the 'King of the English' who was cured of a wound there in AD 1099. For a Congress held in Naples, the book was an apposite combination of history, literature and pharmacology. Ova recentia, vina rubentia, pinguia jura Cum simila pura naturae sunt valitura L'uova fresche, il vin rosso, e il brodo grasso
Asian-Pacific meeting The Third Southeast Asian~Western Pacific Regional Meeting of Pharmacologists was held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 25-28 May, 1982. Previous meetings were in Singapore (1976) and Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1979). The scientific sessions began with a workshop on co-operative activities in clinical pharmacology in the Southeast Asian and Western Pacific region, with C. Sadavongvivad of Mahidol University, Bangkok, as moderator. A number of speakers, including D. Wade (Australia; Chairman of the Clinical Pharmacology Section of IUPHAR), T. K. Shibuya (Japan), and A. Muchtar (Indonesia), set the stage for wide-ranging discussion of the topics from the participants. The workshop was continued and concluded 3 days later, as the final scientific session of the meeting. Invited lectures were given by distinguished pharmacologists on subjects of general and topical interest. Lecturers from within the region included C.-Y. Lee of Taiwan who dealt with the contribution of research on snake venom to biomedical sciences, S. Ebashi of Tokyo who spoke about calcium ions as a basis of pharmacological actions, and T. Harinasuta of Bangkok whose topic was the chemotherapy of malaria with special reference to drug resistance. M. Rocha e Silva of Brazil reviewed the-history of bradykinin research leading
~) F~lsevler Bmmedlcal Press 1983
up to the possible role of bradykinin in the antihypertensive action of captopril and other so-called 'converting enzyme inhibitors'; these agents also prevent the destruction of bradykinin and thereby potentiate its actions. Toxicological themes were discussed by P. M. Newberne (U.S.A.) in a lecture on the interactions between drugs, toxins and nutrients, and by R. E. Shank (U.S.A.) who dealt with the importance of pharmacokinetic considerations in the evaluation of toxicological data. More general aspects of pharmacokinetics were outlined in a lecture by R. Levine (U.S.A.). Experimental therapeutics was the general field of lectures by G. C. Y. Chiou (U.S.A.) on recent developments in the treatment of glaucoma, B. L. Walker (Canada) on a model for the testing of drugs on the responses to myocardial ischaemia, F. Fuchs (U.S.A.) on the role of prostaglandins in primary dysmenorrhea, and S. Garattini (Italy) on benzodiazepines. Natural product pharmacology was dealt with by J. W. Daly (U.S.A.) who used as his examples the plant diterpene forskolin which amplifies the activity of adenylate
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Misto col piO bel riot della farina Del miglior grano, sono un alimento Profittevol di molto alla natura. You are what you eat, so take Red wine with new-laid eggs and make An oily stew, in which you blend The finest flour of finest grain And then you have a meal to mend All ailments and relieve all pain. RYAN
J. H U X T A B L E
Department of Pharmacology, UniversUy of Artzona, Health Sctences Center, Tucson, Artzona 85724, U.S.A.
cyclase in receptor-enzyme-linked systems and the frog skin alkaloid pumiliotoxin B which has profound effects on the disposition of intracellular calcium and has myotonic and cardiotonic actions. The free communications covered the usual wide range of subjects that would be encountered at any national, regional, or international gathering of pharmacologists. However, a dozen or so papers dealt with studies that were unique to the region in terms of the natural product agents or the subjects, which included Siamese fighting fish and Thai soldiers. At the close of the meeting, the Malaysian pharmacologists offered to be the hosts for a Fourth Southeast Asian/ Western Pacific Regional Meeting of Pharmacologists in 1985. In addition, the pharmacologists from the Philippines and from Hong Kong signified their willingness to be hosts for future meetings. A report of the meeting in Bangkok would not be complete without mention of the efficiency, charm and hospitality of the Thai hosts and the enjoyable social gatherings on the first and last days. M . J. R A N D
Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria3052, Australia.
4 colleagues who are not native English speakers. A full social program was offered to accompanying family members and the occasional scientist sneaking out from the sessions. This included a trip to Lake Averno, the Gate to Hell in classical mythology ('Facilis descensus Avemo'), and culminated in a banquet of medieval magnificance held at night on the terrace of the castle. A nice organizational touch was the inclusion in the registration packet along with the obligatory briefcase of a small book of verse, 'Regola Sanitaria Saler-
nitana'. These verses on medicine and herbs (in Latin with an Italian translation) arise from the School of Medicine in Salerno, which was one of the most ancient in Europe. They are dedicated to the 'King of the English' who was cured of a wound there in AD 1099. For a Congress held in Naples, the book was an apposite combination of history, literature and pharmacology. Ova recentia, vina rubentia, pinguia jura Cum simila pura naturae sunt valitura L'uova fresche, il vin rosso, e il brodo grasso
Asian-Pacific meeting The Third Southeast Asian~Western Pacific Regional Meeting of Pharmacologists was held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 25-28 May, 1982. Previous meetings were in Singapore (1976) and Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1979). The scientific sessions began with a workshop on co-operative activities in clinical pharmacology in the Southeast Asian and Western Pacific region, with C. Sadavongvivad of Mahidol University, Bangkok, as moderator. A number of speakers, including D. Wade (Australia; Chairman of the Clinical Pharmacology Section of IUPHAR), T. K. Shibuya (Japan), and A. Muchtar (Indonesia), set the stage for wide-ranging discussion of the topics from the participants. The workshop was continued and concluded 3 days later, as the final scientific session of the meeting. Invited lectures were given by distinguished pharmacologists on subjects of general and topical interest. Lecturers from within the region included C.-Y. Lee of Taiwan who dealt with the contribution of research on snake venom to biomedical sciences, S. Ebashi of Tokyo who spoke about calcium ions as a basis of pharmacological actions, and T. Harinasuta of Bangkok whose topic was the chemotherapy of malaria with special reference to drug resistance. M. Rocha e Silva of Brazil reviewed the-history of bradykinin research leading
~) F~lsevler Bmmedlcal Press 1983
up to the possible role of bradykinin in the antihypertensive action of captopril and other so-called 'converting enzyme inhibitors'; these agents also prevent the destruction of bradykinin and thereby potentiate its actions. Toxicological themes were discussed by P. M. Newberne (U.S.A.) in a lecture on the interactions between drugs, toxins and nutrients, and by R. E. Shank (U.S.A.) who dealt with the importance of pharmacokinetic considerations in the evaluation of toxicological data. More general aspects of pharmacokinetics were outlined in a lecture by R. Levine (U.S.A.). Experimental therapeutics was the general field of lectures by G. C. Y. Chiou (U.S.A.) on recent developments in the treatment of glaucoma, B. L. Walker (Canada) on a model for the testing of drugs on the responses to myocardial ischaemia, F. Fuchs (U.S.A.) on the role of prostaglandins in primary dysmenorrhea, and S. Garattini (Italy) on benzodiazepines. Natural product pharmacology was dealt with by J. W. Daly (U.S.A.) who used as his examples the plant diterpene forskolin which amplifies the activity of adenylate
0165 - 6147/83/0000 - 0000/$01 O0
Misto col piO bel riot della farina Del miglior grano, sono un alimento Profittevol di molto alla natura. You are what you eat, so take Red wine with new-laid eggs and make An oily stew, in which you blend The finest flour of finest grain And then you have a meal to mend All ailments and relieve all pain. RYAN
J. H U X T A B L E
Department of Pharmacology, UniversUy of Artzona, Health Sctences Center, Tucson, Artzona 85724, U.S.A.
cyclase in receptor-enzyme-linked systems and the frog skin alkaloid pumiliotoxin B which has profound effects on the disposition of intracellular calcium and has myotonic and cardiotonic actions. The free communications covered the usual wide range of subjects that would be encountered at any national, regional, or international gathering of pharmacologists. However, a dozen or so papers dealt with studies that were unique to the region in terms of the natural product agents or the subjects, which included Siamese fighting fish and Thai soldiers. At the close of the meeting, the Malaysian pharmacologists offered to be the hosts for a Fourth Southeast Asian/ Western Pacific Regional Meeting of Pharmacologists in 1985. In addition, the pharmacologists from the Philippines and from Hong Kong signified their willingness to be hosts for future meetings. A report of the meeting in Bangkok would not be complete without mention of the efficiency, charm and hospitality of the Thai hosts and the enjoyable social gatherings on the first and last days. M . J. R A N D
Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria3052, Australia.