This book is the proceedings of the International Conference onEmerging Technologies and Life Sciences: Medicine and Communication(MEDICOM 2000), held September 28-29, 2000, in Remagen, Germany.Within the various aspects of life-science technologies, medicine andinformation technology will change fundamentally the quality of lifein the next millennium. Thanks to the rapid growth of thetelecommunication industry and the success and popularity of theInternet, the face of medicine will essentially change, becauseinformation technology is expected to play a major role in futurehealth care systems.