Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology
Previous issue | Volume 49 | ECE2017 | Next issue

19th European Congress of Endocrinology

Lisbon, Portugal
20 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

Card image cap
20-23 May 2017, Lisbon, Portugal Further information

19th European Congress of Endocrinology 2017

The Geoffrey Harris Prize Lecture

ea0049gh1 | The Geoffrey Harris Prize Lecture | ECE2017

Toward hormone-based precision medicines for metabolic diseases

Tschop Matthias

After decades of research unraveling complex metabolic control networks, medicines capable of a safe reversal of morbid human obesity and type 2 diabetes are still not available. Historically, complex diseases have repeatedly proven to be defiant to the best mono-therapeutic approaches. Several examples of combination therapies have largely overcome such challenges, notably for the treatment of severe hypertension and tuberculosis. Obesity and its consequences, such as type 2 ...

ea0049gh1biog | The Geoffrey Harris Prize Lecture | ECE2017

Geoffrey Harris Prize Winner

The prestigious Geoffrey Harris Prize is awarded to an established researcher in the field of neuroendocrinology and is the first of its kind in Europe. This years recipient is Professor Matthias Tschöp who will receive his prize and deliver his lecture as part of the ECE 2017 Opening Ceremony on Saturday 20 May 2017. Further information on the prize can be found at http://www.ese-hormones.org/prizes/.<...