Proceedings of the Oxygen Homeostasis/Hypoxia Meeting

Abstract

The first Oxygen Homeostasis/Hypoxia Meeting was held on February 12, 2003, at the Sheraton National Hotel, Washington, D.C. The meeting was hosted by Drs. S. Percy Ivy and Giovanni Melillo of the National Cancer Institute, NIH. The purpose of the meeting was to stimulate collaborations among the participants who are engaged in different areas of hypoxia research and application, Including basic research on hypoxia, and its induction and consequences; the development of drugs targeting hypoxia and factors involved in pathways leading to (or controlled by) hypoxia; and the development and application of hypoxia imaging techniques and reagents.