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The major purpose of this meeting will be to bring together scientists from around the world working in the area of proteoglycan research to present and discuss their most recent findings in each of nine (9) sessions which will include sessions on the biosynthesis, structure, interactions, and degradation of these molecules. These sessions will be complemented with other sessions designed to address how these molecules contribute to events fundamental to development and disease. Our goal will be to promote a further understanding of the role these molecules play in various aspects of human development and in pathologic events connected to inflammation and immunity. Specific sessions in this area will include involvement of proteoglycans in diseases of the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, vascular and lung systems, and cancer. A final session on current developments on the use of proteoglycans as therapeutics in the clinic is planned.