We are very sad to share the news that David Dunger FMedSci, Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge and Principal Investigator at the IMS-MRL passed away on 20th July 2021. Professor Dunger received training in Paediatric Endocrinology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. Between 1986 and 2000 he was Consultant Paediatric […]
Scientists identify a new signal activating the hormonal stress response
In a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers described a new way that the body senses damage and activates hormones in response to stressful situations – involving the protein GDF15. The research was led by investigators from the University of Cambridge and Pfizer, in collaboration with a […]
Fiona Gribble to give The Physiological Society’s Michael de Burgh Prize Lecture
Congratulations to Professor Fiona Gribble, Deputy Director of the IMS-MRL and Director of Graduate Education for the Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine, who will give The Physiological Society’s Michael de Burgh Prize Lecture for 2021. The lecture will be given during their Annual Conference which runs from 12-16 July 2021. The Society’s Michael de […]
Scientists can predict which women will have serious pregnancy complications
Research published today in Nature Communications Biology shows how women who will develop potentially life-threatening disorders during pregnancy can be identified early when hormone levels in the placenta are tested in a simple blood sample. Several researchers from the IMS-MRL contributed to the study which was led by the Cambridge University Department of Physiology, Development and […]
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