Translational andrology and urology research: Where is it heading? --Report of the 5th Greatwall Translational Andro-Urology Forum (GTAUF2012)

The 5th Greatwall Translational Andro-Urology Forum (GTAUF2012) in conjunction with the launch of the new journal Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) was successfully held in Hainan International Conference and Exhibition Center, Haikou, China on March 8-12, 2012 (Figure 1). The forum was co-chaired by Prof. Ying-Lu Guo and Prof. Tom F. Lue, both lifetime presidents of GTAUF and Editor-in-Chief of TAU and professor Zhi-Ming Bai, the president of local organizing committee of GTAUF2012 (Figure 2).