Meeting report for the ASPET Ray Fuller Symposium: lower urinary tract disorders: physiology, pharmacology, and therapeutic approaches.

A 2-day ASPET/Ray Fuller symposium, entitled “Lower Urinary Tract Disorders: Physiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutic Approaches” sponsored by the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and organized by Michael G. Wyllie, Ph.D. (Urodoc Ltd., Herne Bay, Kent, UK) and James Sullivan, Ph.D. (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL), was held at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco from July 6 to 7, 2002. The symposium focused on the current status of research in functional urogenital diseases, in particular benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), overactive bladder (OAB), and erectile dysfunction (ED). The highlights of the symposium were: