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We would like to keep our patients, families and professionals up to date with the latest developments in our research.
We may sometimes highlight particular “news reports” that may appear in the media, as there may be general points that are worth emphasising or challenging.
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Start of new trial of LB54640, an oral MC4R agonist, in patients with hypothalamic obesity due to acquired hypothalamic injury
Start of new trial of Tirzepatide in adolescent patients with obesity and weight-related comorbidities.
Read more: SURMOUNT-ADOLESCENTS-2 trial in adolescents with obesity
Researchers found that disruption of the TRPC5 gene causes obesity, behavioural problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression.
Professor Farooqi who has been announced as the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award from the Endocrine Society.
Read more: Professor Sadaf Farooqi receives Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award
Adults with a deletion involving SH2B1 develop early type 2 diabetes which is difficult to treat.
Read more: Deletion on Chromosome 16 leads to early-onset obesity and diabetes
Accelerated waning of the humoral response to COVID-19 vaccines in obesity
Read more: GOOS researchers find obesity accelerates loss of COVID-19 vaccination immunity
Genetic changes in a brain receptor for serotonin cause obesity and social anxiety.
Read more: Genetic variants in the serotonin 2c receptor cause obesity
Professor Sadaf Farooqi receives The Obesity Society’s Research Achievement Award 2022
Read more: Obesity Society’s Research Achievement Award 2022
New treatment for genetic obesity available in the NHS
Read more: Setmelanotide licensed for treatment of severe obesity
Society for Endocrinology have awarded Daniyal Ashraf a summer studentship grant
Professor Farooqi gave the Croonian Medal Lecture on Thursday 14 April 2022, at the Royal Society with her mentor Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly.
We developed a technique to visualize the sympathetic nerves which burn fat.
Read more: 3D visualization of sympathetic nerves in fat tissue
There is new short documentary from the Royal College of Physicians about obesity in England available to watch on YouTube.
Read more: New documentary - Obesity: England’s most pressing healthcare challenge?
Join us on the 4th March 2022 to mark World Obesity Day.
Start of new trial of Setmelanotide in genetic obesity.
We are delighted that Isabel Huang Doran has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Career Development Fellowship.
The New England Journal of Medicine selected our recent study on how obesity-associated GNAS mutations disrupt MC4R signalling for a Quick Take video!
Unexpectedly high prevalence of GNAS mutations in children with obesity
