Press Release No. 22
Berlin
Neurodegenerative Diseases a Scientific, Medical, Health Care, and Political Challenge - First International Conference with Clinicians and Genome Researchers in Berlin
Two hundred (200) clinicians and genome researchers from Europe, Japan, Canada, and the USA have gathered at an international conference on neurodegenerative diseases at the Max Delbrück Communications Center (MDC.C) in Berlin Buch, Germany, to discuss the latest insights gained with the help of gene and protein research. The four-day meeting on “Neurodegenerative Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms in a Functional Genomics Framework” began on September 6, 2006 with an evening session in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in Berlin.