Focus on Research – Metabolic and endocrine disorders

This category covers research into diabetes, thyroid disease, metabolic disorders and normal metabolism and endocrine development and function.

The following summaries in this clinical area have been accepted since the start of 2013. Click on the reference number to view the summary.

    • Dr E Fitzsimons et al – Development of a laboratory pathway to assist the diagnosis of hereditary haemochromatosis in primary care (CZG/2/519)
    • Dr L Aucott et al – Patterns of weight changes after diagnosis in patients with Type 2 Diabetes (CZG/2/571)
    • Dr Sam Philip et al – Can automated analysis of sequential retinal images of people attending diabetic retinopathy screening predict future referral to ophthalmology? (CZH/4/742)
    • Professor Sarah Wild et al – Validating existing and developing new measures of comorbidity to predict mortality using Scottish routine datasets (CZH/4/922)
    • Professor Rebecca Reynolds et al – Glibenclamide and MetfoRmin versus stAndard Care in gEstational diabeteS (GRACES) – A feasibility open label randomised trial. (CZH/4/1011)
    • Professor John Campbell et al –   Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for co-transplantation with pancreatic islets to improve graft function in Type-1 diabetes.  (ETM/325 FOR)