Summary Report of a Symposium: Genes and Gene Delivery for Diseases of Alcoholism

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.