Renin Academy presence at major congresses
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Renin Academy in FocusRenin Academy presence at major congresses SAGE Publications, Inc.2007DOI: 10.1177/14703203070080030102 Renin Academy presence at major congresses AS European Society of Hypertension It was standing room only at the second Topical JR ON Workshop hosted by the Renin Academy on 16 June this year at the European Society of Hypertension meeting in Milan. The Workshop was titled `unlocking the myste H ries of the renin UCTI system' and was chaired I G by Thomas Unger (Institute of Pharmacology, Universitat zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany) and Luis Ruilope (Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain Y ). The 90-minute workshop held the attention of P more than D1,000 people with many more hop O ing to hear the discussions as they stood in the C hall outside the auditorium. The main focus of the session wa P sto develop our knowledge of the benefits of improved renin system control, as well as reviewing Rsome of the latest research on renin and the (pro)renin receptor. Michel Azizi (Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France) focused the first presentation on the clinical benefits of renin system blockade. He demonstrated the role of renin system blockers in achieving maximal protection from