Scientific year in review

Hot topics
Chairs: P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom), E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France)
Aims: To update the audience in areas of science where there have been important advances.

Telomeres and cell senescence in lung disease S. Adnot (Creteil, France)
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene locus and lung cancer - results from the International Lung Cancer Consortium P. Brennan (Lyon, France)