FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
The following future plans of the meetings, exchanges of scientists and exchange of reagents are proposed:
| 1) Cellular & Molecular Biology Area |
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| (a) Meeting: |
Title; | Genetic and Epigenetic Aspects of Cancer |
| Dates; | January 19-21, 1981 | |
| Place; | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Organizer; | U.S.-Dr. Ira Pastan Japan-Dr. Yoji Ikawa |
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| (b) Scientist exchange: | Dr. Yoshio Okada, Osaka University | |
| Thema; | Cell engineering utilizing cell fusion phenomenon | |
| Period; | One month in autumn, 1980 | |
| Hosts; | Dr. Thomas L. Benjamin, Harvard Medical School Dr. Frank H. Ruddle, Yale University Dr. Martin C. Rochsteiner, University of Utah Dr. Hidesaburo Hanafusa, Rockefeller University |
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| 2) Immunology Area: Biology, Genetics & Preclinical Immunotherapy | ||
| (a) Meeting: | Title; | Analysis of the mechanisms for induction of tumor-specific immunity and experimental approach for tumor-immunoprophylaxis and therapy. |
| Dates; | October 20-22, 1980 | |
| Place; | Osaka, Japan | |
| Organizer; | U.S.-Dr. Richard Hodes Japan-Dr. Toshiyuki Hamaoka |
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| (b) Scientist exchange: | Dr. Yoshibumi Ishii, Sapporo Medical College | |
| Thema; | Immunological characterization of human tumor-associated antigens as defined by monoclonal antibodies. | |
| Period; | September 1-30, 1980 | |
| Hosts: | Dr. Ralph A. Reisfeld, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation Dr. E. A. Boyse, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Dr. Kyoichi Kano, State University of New York at Buffalo |
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| Thema; | Studies on heterophile (Paul-Bunnell) antigen-anti-body in Japanese patients with various malignancies. | |
| Period; | Six months from mid-December, 1980 | |
| Hosts; | Dr. Yoshihiko Horiuchi, University of Tokyo Dr. Haruo Sugano, Cancer Institute |
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| (c) Exchange of reagents: | Dr. Ichiro Azuma, Hokkaido University Research Institute for Immunology Synthetic muramyldipeptide analogs and derivatives |
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| 3) Diagnosis Area: Development of New Techniques | ||
| (a) Meeting: | Title; | Carcinoembryonic Proteins-Cellular and Molecular Biology and Application for Early Diagnosis of Cancer |
| Dates; | December 4-5, 1980 | |
| Place; | San Diego, USA | |
| Organizer; | U.S.-Dr. William H. Fishman, La Jolla Cancer Institute Japan-Dr. Hidematsu Hirai, Hokkaido University Medical School |
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| (b) Scientist exchange: | Dr. Nobuko Ishii, Nagasaki University Medical School | |
| Thema; | Radioimmunodetection of hepatocellular carcinoma by antibody to AFP using subtraction method | |
| Period; | One month in summer, 1980 | |
| Host; | Dr. David M. Goldenberg, University of Kentucky College of Medicine | |