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Thursday 2 December 18:00 - 20:15
The Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 0AE
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Celebrating the centenary of insulin by Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly
Health & Wellness
This lecture will highlight the advances in hormonal control of metabolism and energy balance that have occurred in the last 100 years.
A hundred years ago, the hormone insulin was purified as a pancreatic extract capable of regulating blood glucose and rapidly turned into a life-saving therapy for people with insulin-deficient forms of diabetes.
Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, Director, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK, will give an insightful lecture reflecting on the advances in our understanding of the hormonal control of metabolism and energy balance that has occurred over the past century, and how these advancements have led to improvements in the diagnosis and therapy of metabolic disease.
Mr Chris Askew OBE, CEO, Diabetes UK, will also give a short talk on current patient perspectives and the important work of Diabetes UK.
Professor Sir John Cunningham, Professor of Nephrology, University College London Medical School and The Royal Free Hospital, and previous personal Physician to the Queen, will be chairing the Howard Memorial Lecture.
After the lecture, you are invited to join the drinks reception to network, relax, and enjoy a refreshing drink in the RSM's iconic glass atrium.
