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Information on several papers discussed at the first symposium of the Vienna Research Platform of Nutrition and Food Sciences (VRPNFS), held on April 25, 2008 in Vienna, Austria, is presented. Presentations of this one-day event are grouped into four topics, namely, antioxidants and oxidative stress, cell immunity, inflammation, nutrition and genetics, food quality and analytics, and further topics of nutrition and food research.

The article discusses various papers on pharmacology presented at the 11th Symposium of the Austrian Pharmacological Society which was held in Vienna, Austria on November 24-26, 2006. These papers include "Long-Term Effects of an Endothelin-A Receptor Antagonist on Diabetic Cardiomyopathy and Vascular Dysfunction in Diabetic Mice with Myocyte-Specific Overexpression of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase," by W. Woelkart and colleagues, "Pharmacological Properties of GABA Receptors Containing Gamma1 Subunits," by S. Khom and "Automated Drug Screening of Ligand- and Voltage-Gated Ion Channels on Xenopus Oocytes," by I. Baburin.

Provides abstracts from the papers presented in the 5th Symposium of the Austrian Pharmacological Society held in Vienna from November 26, 1999 to November, 27 1999. Suggestion to form cation channels activated by the phospholipase C/IP3/diacylglycerol pathway; Representation of Kynurenine pathway as one of the metabolic routes of tryptophan degradation leading to niacin formation; Finding of two different molecular forms of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65 and GAD67) in vertebrates encoded by different genes.

Presents abstracts of studies highlighted at the World Congresses of Gastroenterology in Vienna, Austria in September 1998. "Molecular Analysis of the Suppression of C-X-C Chemokine Production by Rebamipide in H. pylori Stimulated Gastric Mucosal Cells," by M. Aihara et al; "Interleukin-10 in the Gastric Antrum in H. pylori Gastritis: Immunohistochemical Localisation and in vitro Effects," by K. Bodger et al; "Water Extracts of Helicobacter pylori Delay the Healing of Gastric Ulcers Via Enhancement in Apoptosis," by T. Brzozowski et al.

Presents abstracts of studies highlighted at the World Congresses of Gastroenterology in Vienna, Austria in September 1998. "Cholecystokinin (CCK)-Response to Intraduodenal Tryptophan in Dogs Is Independent From CCK-A Receptors," by E. Niebergall-Roth et al; "Canine Intraluminal Gallbladder Pressure: Latency of Response to Intestinal Stimulants," by E. Niebergall-Roth et al; "Method of the Human Bile Vesicles Aggregation Evaluat and Its Clinical Utilization," by I. Kh. Marakhovski.

Presents abstracts of studies highlighted at the World Congresses of Gastroenterology in Vienna, Austria in September 1998. "Helicobacter Pylori Eradication and Ulcer Healing in Patients on Long-Term Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs," by G. Etolhi et al; "GI Bleeding in Relation to Analgesic Use," by William Blot and Joseph McLaughlin; "Loss in IL-4 Repression of TNF-α in Gastric Mucosal Injury by Indomethacin: Effect of Ebrotidine and Ranitidine," by B.L. Slomiany et al.; "New Concepts Regarding Ulcerogenic Mechanism of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs," by I. Puscas and Marcela Coltau.

Presents abstracts of studies highlighted at the World Congresses of Gastroenterology in Vienna, Austria in September 1998. "Experiance of Application Tachocomb® in Surgery of a Liver," by O.G. Skipenko et al; "Lack of HCV Transmission After Blood Transfusion. Final Results of a Prospective Survey," by E. Strauss et al; "Survival Outcome Following Resection of Proximal Cholangiocarcinoma," by W.S. Melvin et al.