Contact:
Kathleen Scalise
University of California, Berkeley
510/642-3734
or Caron Blitz, Blitz & Associates, Inc.
847/945-0101
MEDIA ALERT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 14, 1997
TOP RESEARCHERS TO PRESENT NEW EVIDENCE SHOWING ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTS PREVENT
DISEASE AND MAY SLOW AGING
WHO: 50 Scientists, including; Lester Packer -- University of California, Berkeley Luc Montagnier -- Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Helmut Sies -- Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany Thomas Kensler, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Earl Stadtman, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Leonard Herzenberg -- Stanford University, CA Peter Rosen -- Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany William Pryor -- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Howard Hodis -- University of Southern California Catherine Rice-Evans -- UMDS Guy's Hospital, London, England Paul Knekt -- National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland Norman Krinsky, Tufts University, Boston, MA
WHAT:
o Roundtable discussion on health effects of antioxidants
o Alpha-lipoic acid in health and disease
o Mitochondria, oxidants and aging
o Oxidative stress and AIDS
WHEN:
Conference: Feb. 26-March 1, 1997
Suggested day for media: Thursday, Feb. 27
HOW:
To register and to request a 30-page program, contact:
Enrique Cadenas, 213/342-1418 (voice) 213/224-7473 (fax)
WHERE:
Oxygen Club of California Annual Meeting Fess Parker's Red Lion Resort
633 E. Cabrillo Blvd.
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
805/564-4333
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