The Fourteenth Midwest Conference on Endocrinology and Metab- olism, held at the University of Missouri - Columbia on September 28th and 29th, 1978, brought together several prominent researchers who are authorities on various aspects of the renin-angiotensin system. Each speaker presented an in-depth coverage of a topic related to his own area of expertise, including recent findings from his own research laboratory. Following each presentation thet: e was a general discussion of the material by the speaker and the audience. These presentations and the ensuing discussions are summarized in...