Tabla de Contenidos: “…Katsuki, Japan -- GENERAL DISCUSSION SESSION I: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TECHNOLOGY and INTERNATIONAL FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES -- FIELDS OF APPLICATION -- Diabetes mellitus – use of transgenic technology to study both the pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease and new therapies by F. Bosch, Spain -- The obese gene: an invaluable chance to explore the mechanisms which regulate body weight by M. …”