Endocrine Abstracts

Upon their release from the steroidogenic cells of the adrenals, gonads and placenta, biologically active steroids are sequestered and transported in the blood bound by several proteins, including albumin, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG). Together they also regulate the non-protein bound or ‘free’ fractions of steroid hormones in the blood and therefore control their ability to exit the blood circulation and enter target ...

Dr Hammond obtained his BSc from the University College of North Wales. After obtaining an MSc in Steroid Endocrinology from the University of Leeds in 1974, he continued postgraduate work in Biochemistry at the University of Oulu, Finland, and received his PhD in 1978. After postdoctoral training at the University of California San Francisco, Dr Hammond was appointed as an MRC (UK) Research Fellow at the University o...