Peptic Ulcer Disease: Basic and Clinical Aspects Wien Wheat breeders have achieved significant van Oystaeyen Wheat breeders have achieved significant results over the last fifty years in research on mankind's one of the most important crops the appearance of several genetic disorders in the area of metabolic bone disease has been underscored by the solution of other pediatric diseas~s of much more serious consequences In the symposium 'PEPTIC ULCER TODAY' we have attemp ted to bring together recent knowledge on basic and clinical aspects of peptic ulcer disease New insights into the pathophysiology of the disease resulted from these developments and revived the scientific interest in peptic ulcer disease