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RECENT ADVANCES IN CLINICAL GENETICS AND MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS
Dear Colleague:
The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre will host a joint Symposium sponsored by the Academic Affairs and Postgraduate Education and the Departments of Medical Genetics and Neurosciences on "Recent
Advances in Clinical Genetics and Mitochondrial Disorders".
The Organizing Committee members wish to invite you to attend and to participate in this Symposium. The fields of Clinical Genetics and Mitochondrial Disorders have seen major advances and developments in recent
years. Many new disorders have been recognized and their genetic basis elucidated. More recently, the Human Genome has been mapped, opening the door for clinical application of molecular genetics. Although
mitochondrial disorders were described only twelve years ago, we now know that mitochondria probably play important roles in ageing, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson, and in many childhood
disorders such as MELAS, MERRF, NARP, MNGIE and Leigh disease. This Symposium provides an opportunity for us to learn from leading experts about recent advances in clinical genetics and mitochondrial disorders.
The Symposium on "Recent Advances in Clinical Genetics and Mitochondrial Disorders" has been scheduled for 17-18 March 2002. A Comprehensive Genetics Workshop will be held on the following day 19 March 2002, for
those who wish to refresh or improve their knowledge about various aspects including basic genetic concepts, tools of recombinant DNA technology, patterns of inheritance, transgenic animals, gene mapping, human
genome project and more.
We welcome you to the "Recent Advances in Clinical Genetics and Mitochondrial Disorders" Symposium and we look forward to your attendance and participation!
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