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A study published in Science highlights the value of pet dogs as a model for understanding obesity in both humans and animals. This work was led by IMS-MRL and University of Cambridge Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN) researcher Dr Eleanor Raffan , along with PhD students Dr Natalie Wallis and Dr...

Researchers at the IMS-MRL and MRC MDU in collaboration with a team at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne, have created the most detailed map to date of the human hypothalamus, a crucial brain region that regulates body weight, appetite, sleep, and stress. Published in Nature , this comprehensive...

A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by more than 75 medical organisations around the world, presents a new approach to diagnose obesity, based on measures of excess body fat in addition to body mass index (BMI), and objective signs and symptoms of ill health. The...

The Farooqi team recently worked with colleagues across the world to complete a 12 month Phase 3 clinical trial of the Melanocortin 4 receptor agonist, Setmelanotide, in very young children (aged 2-5 years) with severe obesity due to genetic conditions which disrupt the function of the hypothalamic melanocortin pathway...