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 THE
Sixteenth Annual Meeting in Pisa in September organised by Marco Romanelli
was a great success both scientifically and socially. The theme of the
meeting ‘Innovation in tissue repair: from the lab to the patient’
provided an excellent medium for merging scientific advances in tissue
repair to clinical application. The loyalty and support of members of
the ETRS was demonstrated by the fact that eight of the Past Presidents
of the Society were present and actively involved in the programme.
The meeting was opened by Professor Angelo Luigi Vescovi from Milan who
gave an excellent presentation: ‘Neuro stem cells in neurology and
neuroncology’. Well-known speakers in the field of tissue repair
were present, from throughout Europe and other parts of the world. In
this issue we have an article written by Professor Paulo Zamboni of the
University of Ferrara (Italy) highlighting his presentation at the meeting
entitled ‘The program of genetics in venous leg ulcers with clinical
implications’, again emphasizing basic research with clinical application.
Dr Raphael Gorodetsky from Jerusalem (Israel), a long time member of ETRS
who has attended many of our meetings since the founding of the Society,
provides us with a report from his laboratory on ‘Current fibrin-related
tissue regeneration projects’.
Above: Marco Romanelli (President of the Meeting)
with keynote speaker Professor Angelo Luigi Vescovi,
following his presentation
A feature
of this year’s meeting was the encouragement of Young Investigators
by offering bursaries for ten recipients. The abstracts from these presentations
are included in this issue.
We were saddened to hear the of the death of Anita Roberts earlier this
year, who was President of the Wound Healing Society as well as a major
contributor to tissue repair research and a highly motivated individual
with her research colleagues and family. A tribute written by Karin Scharfetter-Kochanek
and Mark Ferguson to this outstanding individual in our field appears
in this issue.
Above: Celebration at the Gala Dinner with Dr Sibanda (Young
Investigator),
Professor Kent Jonsson (Supervisor) from Zimbabwe (centre),
and Dr George Cherry (left) and Professor Finn Gottrup (right).
We have
a follow-up article by Jerry Dzikowski (USA) on ‘Glowing wounds’,
which is of interest both historically and clinically. This compliments
articles he published in the ETRS Bulletin in 2002 and 2004.
We have also re-published a transcript of the debate which took place
between Keith Harding and Tom Hunt at our Fourth Annual ETRS meeting in
Oxford in August 1994. This debate, which was styled in the manner of
those held at the Oxford Union, stated that
‘This house believes that wound healing is an independent speciality
which should be nurse-led’. The audience was made up predominantly
of physicians and scientists and the House voted in support of Tom Hunt
against the motion. Interestingly, it was debated again in 1995
at the European Wound Management Association meeting in Harrogate, England,
where, before a predominantly nurse audience, the House voted for
the motion. I am reprinting the debate in this issue and wonder what
the results of such a motion would be in 2006? We would be extremely pleased
to receive your views by e-mail at <oxfordwound@aol.com>
and hope to publish these in a forthcoming issue of the ETRS Bulletin.
Festivities at the Gala Dinner, led by David Leaper,
a new Board Member!
Lastly,
Raj Mani the President of next year’s meeting, tells us about the
meeting which will be held in Southampton, UK, 26–28 September 2007.
The first announcement and call for abstracts is in this issue and we
would encourage all of our members to attend as Raj has an excellent scientific
and social planned for this event.
Further information can be obtained on their website at <www.etrs2007soton.com>
or on the ETRS website at <www.etrs.org>.
Dr George W. Cherry
Editor
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