We’re recruiting participants for the I‑BEGIN Study. Are you pregnant or planning pregnancy with: ✅ Prior bariatric surgery ✅ Weight‑loss medications (e.g. GLP‑1) ✅ Or neither (control group) Help us understand how these affect babies’ health ❤️ 🔗 www.imperial.ac.uk/metabolism-d...

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Pleased to see out this paper in #Gut on behalf of the @britsocgastro.bsky.social Gut Microbiota for Health panel - taking stock of where we have come in the last decade in translating gut #microbiome research: gut.bmj.com/content/earl... @imperialmdr.bsky.social

Researchers, including MDR's @marcedumas.bsky.social, have discovered that chemicals produced by gut bacteria could act as an early warning system for future heart disease, potentially allowing doctors to identify at-risk individuals years before symptoms appear ⬇️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...

Gut microbes may reveal heart disease risk years before symptoms

Scientists have discovered that chemicals produced by gut bacteria could act as an early warning system for future heart disease, potentially allowin...

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MDR's Prof Mark Thursz & Dr Penny Manousou hosted @whoeurope.bsky.social & EASL to strengthen action on steatotic liver disease Bringing policy, science & research together, the collaboration aims to turn evidence into real-world impact ⬇️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article... @grahamscooke.bsky.social

Imperial hosts WHO Europe and EASL to strengthen action on steatotic liver disease

Imperial College London hosted senior leaders from WHO Europe and the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) to advance a coordinated...

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Your #gut doesn’t just digest food – it affects immunity, #metabolism + even mental health. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social's Centre for Intestinal Systems aims to make gut research more human-relevant + more useful for patients. 👇 blogs.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-med... @imperialmdr.bsky.social

A new era for gut science begins at Imperial - Imperial Medicine Blog

Imperial's Centre for Intestinal Systems (CIS) is a hub dedicated to advancing human-relevant gut research. Explore why the gut matters, how new technologies are reshaping the field, and how CIS aims ...

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Great to see out this study from Sharmili Balarajah and Laura Martinez-Gili @imperialmdr.bsky.social, working with the #IBD @nihrbioresource.bsky.social, comparing outcomes with #IBD therapies in White and South Asian patients, now in @eclinicalmed.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A large-scale comparison of clinical outcomes to IBD therapies in White and South Asian ethnicities

While ethnic differences in IBD phenotype are recognised, the comparative efficacy and safety of common IBD therapies across ethnically diverse popula…

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Endometrial cancer is rising & early detection is hard. An exciting new MDR-led paper shows that a mass-spec imaging method can accurately tell cancer from non-cancer tissue & may spot risk before cancer appears - potentially transforming diagnosis & surgery ⬇️ www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Shedding light on how bacteria and glycans interact in reproductive health Research led by MDR uses cutting-edge glycan microarray technology to reveal how beneficial and harmful bacteria interact with sugar molecules in the vaginal tract. ⬇️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/265414/...

Shedding light on how bacteria and glycans interact in reproductive health | Imperial News | Imperial College London

Cutting-edge glycan microarray technology reveals how beneficial and harmful bacteria interact with sugar molecules in the vaginal tract.

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A great privilege to work with @julieakmcdonald.bsky.social lab on this new paper, now out in @natureportfolio.nature.com Communications - how #antibiotic-related changes in gut #nutrients and #metabolites promote #VRE colonisation: doi.org/10.1038/s414... @imperialmdr.bsky.social

Great to hear MDR's own Dr Channa Jayasena on BBC Radio 4's ‘What’s Up Docs?’ podcast, talking about ‘Do I need testosterone?’ ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What's Up Docs? - Do I need testosterone? - BBC Sounds

Drs Chris and Xand ask - what are the pros and cons of testosterone replacement therapy?

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Interesting to hear MDR's Professor Tricia Tan comment on Channel 4's Dispatches: Britain's Skinny Jab Scandal ⬇️ youtu.be/bRVj5facefA?...

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YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries

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Great to be representing @robsinstitute.bsky.social in beautiful Singapore and meeting up with old friends/colleagues Phil Bennett (@imperialmdr.bsky.social) and Teoh TG (KK Women's and Children's Hospital) to discuss exciting new collaborations.

"If I had stopped at the first thoughts of self-doubt, I’d never be where I am now." Dr Roberta Migale's career is a story of persistence & mentorship. Discover how she’s supporting #WomenInSTEM & shaping reproductive health research ⤵️ www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261854/... @imperialmdr.bsky.social

Celebrating MDR's Women - Dr Roberta Migale | Imperial News | Imperial College London

To mark Women at Imperial Week, we interviewed three of MDR's outstanding female staff. In our final interview, we spoke to Dr Roberta Migale.

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The #MAST trial is pushing forward, investigating the impact of #IMT #FMT prior to #HCT in seven UK centres #HaemSky #MicrobiomeSky #GastroSky @imperialmdr.bsky.social @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social ruk.bsky.social @anthonynolan.bsky.social. Find out more from our poster or our website: rb.gy/myizsb

#Fertility treatments like #IVF help thousands of women achieve their dream of motherhood each year, but what are the long-term health implications? MDR's Dr Srdjan Saso explores what the data reveals & how clinics can improve long-term health monitoring ⬇️ blogs.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-med...

Call for vigilance after fertility treatment - Imperial Medicine Blog

Fertility treatments like IVF help thousands of women achieve their dream of motherhood each year, but what are the long-term health implications? Dr Srdjan Saso explores what the data reveals, and ho...

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Pleased to see our review (w/ Cathrin Gudd & Lucia Possamai) on immune-mediated liver injury from checkpoint inhibitors published in @natrevgastrohep.bsky.social 's latest issue | @imperialmdr.bsky.social | #cancer #immunotherapy #liver #inflammation

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EBRUARY ISSUE | REVIEW "Immune-mediated liver injury from checkpoint inhibitors: mechanisms, clinical characteristics and management" www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Liversky

948 users prospectively entered #MenstrualCycle & #LongCovid #MECFS symptom data into tracking app Visible. 👉 Crashes more likely during menstruation 👉 Crashes less common in ppl taking combined hormonal contraception 1/ #ChronicIllness #MedSky #ReproSky #IDSky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Could the gut #microbiome protect against fatty liver disease? 🦠🍎 New research published in Molecular Metabolism & led by MDR's @marcedumas.bsky.social, shows hippurate, a microbial metabolite, helps reduce fat in the liver and regulate glucose. ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Intrahepatic levels of microbiome-derived hippurate associates with improved metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is characterised by lipid accumulation in the liver and is often associated with obes…

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