Endocrine Abstracts

Growth hormone (GH) is a potent anabolic hormone; deficiency results in extreme short stature and excess in gigantism and acromegaly. It is just over 50 years since Raben first demonstrated the dramatic impact of GH replacement on linear growth in a young boy with pituitary infantilism. Since then milestones in GH research have included identification of the GH binding protein (1986), the crystal structure of GH (1987), cloning of the GH receptor (1987) and the discovery of a ...

Richard JM Ross, Professor of Endocrinology, Faculty Academic Lead for Innovation and Head of Unit Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Sheffield, UK AbstractRichard Ross trained in Medicine at The Royal London Hospital (1974–1979) and in Endocrinology at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1983–1988). He was appointed to Sheffield University in 1995 and is Professor of Endocrinology and He...