title: Summary report of a symposium: genes and gene delivery for diseases of alcoholism.
abstract: This article represents a summary of a symposium on genes and gene delivery for diseases of alcoholism that was held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on May 7-10, 2001. The purpose of the meeting was to examine two key technologies: gene chip-microarrays and gene delivery. Three main pathologies associated with alcoholism--addiction, liver disease, and birth defects--were discussed. This summary of the meeting is grouped into sections on the brain, liver, and fetus.
authors.affiliation: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7178, USA. ftcrews@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Crews
mesh_terms: D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000196:embryology; D004260:DNA Repair; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D022781:Hepatocytes; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D051379:Mice; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D013234:Stem Cells; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase