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The Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories (IMS-MRL) and its embedded Medical Research Council (MRC) Metabolic Diseases Unit investigate the mechanisms through which metabolic health is maintained and how this is disturbed in disease. We seek to use that knowledge to aid better treatment and prevention of obesity, Type 2 diabetes and related endocrine and metabolic diseases.
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TV nutrition and health experts raise a glass to science at Cambridge’s Pint of Science festival
12 May 2026
TV nutrition and health experts will take centre stage alongside astronomers, neuroscientists and AI experts at the annual Pint of Science festival next week, with public talks in the unlikeliest of ‘lecture theatres’ – local Cambridge pubs. This year’s festival (18 th – 20 th May)_ will see twice as many events taking...
29 April 2026
A University of Cambridge study led by Dr Grace Amedor and Professor Dino Giussani , an affiliated PI at the IMS-MRL and both based in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, has found that stresses such as systemic racism and socioeconomic disadvantage may sensitise key processes in the body during...
Why do high-protein diets make you feel full? Scientists discover a molecular answer
21 April 2026
We all know that eating a high-protein meal tends to keep you fuller for longer than a high-carb or high-fat meal. But the brain mechanisms behind this have remained largely mysterious - until now. A new study published in Cell Metabolism has identified a surprising molecular player: a protein called Cav3.1, a calcium...
