A new study, led by Prof Roman Hovorka and published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that an ‘artificial pancreas’ (closed-loop insulin delivery) improves blood glucose control without increasing the risk of hypoglycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes in hospital. The trial carried out at two hospitals in the UK and Switzerland, involved […]
A conserved mechanism for membrane phospholipid sensing
A study, published today in Developmental Cell, provides new insights into a biophysical mechanism through which levels of the major membrane component phosphatidylcholine (PC) are sensed. The physiological importance of maintaining membrane lipid composition within narrow limits is reflected by the many diseases in which this process is disrupted. How cells regulate cholesterol levels is relatively well […]
Success for Professor Paul Fletcher in British Academy Games Awards
Congratulations to MRL PI Prof Paul Fletcher for his part in scooping 5 (five!) BAFTAs for video game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – featuring an 8th century Pictish warrior who, in the throes of psychosis, must fight her way through a Viking hell. Alongside his work on behavioural aspects of consumption and how these relate to […]
OSTRICH: new study to identify risk factors for obesity-related complications in some young people
Children’s health is at the centre of a new research programme funded by Fondation Botnar, a charitable foundation based in Switzerland. Professor Sadaf Farooqi is launching a new study focused on obesity in children. The OSTRICH Study will seek to identify the genetic and physiological factors that increase the risk of obesity-related complications in […]
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