Looking for the unexpected in purine and pyrimidine metabolism.

ABSTRACT

In June 2023, the Purine and Pyrimidine Society (PPS) organized the 20th biennial symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine metabolism (PP23). The symposium was organized in Los Angeles, California, USA, by Pr Caius Radu affiliated to UCLA. The scientific program covered various topics such as inborn errors, cancer, immunity, enzymatic reactions, drug development etc and was presented at 9 sessions over three days. The current issue of Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids is a special issue covering proceedings from PP23-presentations and other PPS-related manuscripts, and in this editorial, we will give an overview of the scientific program of the meeting.