{"articles":[{ "contentID": "1853014", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/mdr-researchers-celebrated-2026-academic-promotions/", "date": "23 October 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-10-23", "headline": "MDR researchers celebrated 2026 academic promotions", "summary": "The Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction is proud to have three staff recognised in the latest round of academic promotions.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Appointments", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1839853", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/study-reveals-how-the-structure-of-food-shapes-what-happens-in-the-gut/", "date": "28 September 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-09-28", "headline": "Study reveals how the structure of food shapes what happens in the gut", "summary": "Imperiaresearchers have mapped how the physical structure of food influences what happens inside the human gut, revealing distinct changes in metabolites, microbes and hormones linked to appetite and blood glucose.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Dr Mingzhu Cai, Professor Gary Frost", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Digestion", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1828399", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/meet-professor-dhillo-the-new-head-of-the-department-of-metabolism-digestion-and-reproduction/", "date": "1 September 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-09-01", "headline": "Meet Professor Dhillo, the new Head of the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction", "summary": "Professor Waljit Dhillo recently started his new role as Head of the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Professor Waljit S Dhillo", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "ImperiaNews, Medicine", "topic": "Health, Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Appointments", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1811001", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/more-young-adults-developing-type-2-diabetes/", "date": "22 July 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-07-22", "headline": "More young adults developing type 2 diabetes and at more severe levels of obesity", "summary": "Young women lead the worrying increase in early-onset type 2 diabetes diagnoses in England", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Samantha Rey", "profile": "Dr Shivani Misra", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Diabetes", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1808787", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/special-food-additive-that-helps-prevent-weight-gain-is-approved/", "date": "10 July 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-07-10", "headline": "Special food additive that helps prevent weight gain is approved", "summary": "A pioneering food additive that can stop people gaining weight has appeared on the EU\u2019s Novel Food List, indicating its safety for human consumers. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Samantha Rey, Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Professor Gary Frost", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Science", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Digestion", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1786581", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/imperial-who-and-easl-launch-first-who-collaborating-centre-dedicated-to-liver-disease/", "date": "24 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-24", "headline": "海角社区, WHO and EASL launch first WHO Collaborating Centre dedicated to liver disease", "summary": "海角社区, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, and the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) have launched the first WHO Collaborating Centre dedicated to liver disease. This took place at 海角社区\u2019s White City Campus and was attended by WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Hans Kluge and Egypt\u2019s Minister of Health and Population, H.E. Prof. Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "", "profile": "Professor Mark R Thursz, Dr Pinelopi Manousou", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Healthcare", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1785279", "articleURL": "/news/articles/admin-services/central-biomedical-services/2026/ger-festival-2026/", "date": "17 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-17", "headline": "Imperiashowcases openness and innovation in animal research at GER Festival 2026 ", "summary": "海角社区's 3RsHub joined thousands of visitors at the 2026 Great Exhibition Road (GER) Festival, engaging the public in open conversations about animal research, animal welfare, and the development of alternatives to animal models. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Anna Napolitano", "profile": "Professor Kevin G Murphy, Dr Tamas Korcsmaros", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "ImperiaNews, Medicine", "topic": "Campus and community, Health, Science", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Animal Research|Great Exhibition Road Festival", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1784403", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/kings-birthday-honours-2026/", "date": "12 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-12", "headline": "King\u2019s Birthday Honours list celebrates Imperiaacademics", "summary": "Three members of 海角社区's community have been recognised in the King\u2019s Birthday Honours list for 2026.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Conrad Duncan", "profile": "Professor Timothy R Orchard, Professor Stephen Brett, Dr Niall Keenan", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "ImperiaNews, Medicine", "topic": "Campus and community, Health", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Healthcare|Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1782305", "articleURL": "/news/articles/admin-services/enterprise/2026/patch-tracks-hormone-levels-in-real-time-for-patients-with-infertility-/", "date": "10 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-10", "headline": "Patch tracks hormone levels in real-time for patients with infertility ", "summary": "Impli, a startup working with innovations from 海角社区, has been awarded a \u00A31.4 million grant to begin clinical use of a continuous hormone monitoring patch for infertility treatment.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Ian Mundell", "profile": "Dr Salzitsa Yordanova Anastasova-Ivanova, Dr Sotirios Saravelos, Dr Simon Hanassab", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, ImperiaNews, Medicine", "topic": "Engineering, Health", "topicLabel": "Engineering", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Alumni|Artificial Intelligence|Engineering Computing|Enterprise|Entrepreneurship|Health, MedTech and robotics|Healthcare|Reproduction", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1772104", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/decoding-pancreatic-aging-reveals-an-epigenetic-programme-disrupted-in-type-2-diabetes/", "date": "3 June 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-06-03", "headline": "Decoding pancreatic aging reveals an epigenetic programme disrupted in type 2 diabetes", "summary": "A multidisciplinary team from 海角社区, together with French CNRS and Inserm, reports that pancreatic aging is not a stochastic degenerative process but instead follows a tightly coordinated epigenetic programme, that radically differs from the impact of chronic hyperglycemia.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Professor Philippe Froguel, Dr Amna A Khamis", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Diabetes", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1779221", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/imperial-cnrs-metabolism-lab/", "date": "29 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-29", "headline": "Imperiaand CNRS launch \u2018Antoine Lavoisier\u2019 joint laboratory to transform global metabolism research", "summary": "Imperiaand France\u2019s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) have launched a new International Research Laboratory to accelerate breakthroughs in metabolic health and disease. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "ImperiaNews, Medicine", "topic": "ImperiaGlobal", "topicLabel": "ImperiaGlobal", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Europe|Global Health|Research", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1778406", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/imperial-patients-among-first-in-world-to-receive-pioneering-gene-editing-treatment-for-high-cholesterol/", "date": "26 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-26", "headline": "Imperiapatients among first in world to receive pioneering gene-editing treatment for high cholesterol", "summary": "A researcher at Imperiacontributed to an international trial of a pioneering gene-editing treatment that could transform care for people living with inherited high cholesterol and heart disease.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Metabolism", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1776118", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/imperial-launches-trial-of-vaginal-microbiome-therapy-to-help-prevent-preterm-birth/", "date": "18 May 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-05-18", "headline": "Imperialaunches trial of vaginal microbiome therapy to help prevent preterm birth", "summary": "Researchers at Imperiahave launched a clinical trial investigating whether a microbiome-based therapy can help prevent preterm birth in women at high risk of early labour.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Professor Phillip R Bennett, Dr Lynne Sykes", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Reproduction", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1767296", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/gut-microbes-may-reveal-heart-disease-risk-years-before-symptoms/", "date": "23 April 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-04-23", "headline": "Gut microbes may reveal heart disease risk years before symptoms", "summary": "Scientists 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.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Professor Marc-Emmanuel Dumas", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Cardiovascular", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1764908", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/celebrating-excellence-meet-imperials-new-senior-investigators/", "date": "26 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-26", "headline": "Celebrating excellence: Meet 海角社区\u2019s new Senior Investigators", "summary": "Five Imperiaresearchers have been newly appointed as Senior Investigators by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Maxine Myers", "profile": "Professor Mark R Thursz, Professor George B Hanna, Professor Rakesh Heer, Professor Bryony D Franklin, Professor Iain A McNeish, Professor Victoria R Cornelius", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Administration, Medicine", "topic": "Health, Campus and community", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Academic Health Science Centre", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1742116", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/hidden-drug-reservoirs-in-cancer-cells-could-explain-treatment-resistance/", "date": "18 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-18", "headline": "Hidden drug reservoirs in cancer cells could explain treatment resistance", "summary": "Cancer drugs can accumulate in hidden \u201Cstorage hubs\u201D inside tumour cells, creating uneven drug exposure across tumours, according to new research from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and 海角社区. ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health, Science", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Cancer", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1755131", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/celebrating-mdrs-women/", "date": "9 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-09", "headline": "Celebrating MDR's Women", "summary": "To mark Women at ImperiaWeek, we interviewed two of MDR's outstanding female staff.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Campus and community, Health", "topicLabel": "Campus and community", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Women At 海角社区", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1755228", "articleURL": "/news/articles/engineering/2026/imperial-engineers-awarded-grants-to-develop-commercial-and-societal-research/", "date": "2 March 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-03-02", "headline": "Imperiaresearchers awarded grants to develop commercial and societal research", "summary": "Imperiaresearchers have each been awarded a lump sum of \u20AC150,000 as part of the ERC Proof of Concept Grant scheme. The grants provide support for previous and current ERC grantees who want to explore the commercial or societal potential of their work.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Helen Wilkes, Kemi Aofolaju, Ruth Ntumba, Benjie Coleman, Sanjana Kakar", "profile": "Professor Dario Farina, Dr Huai-Ti Lin, Professor Bernhard Kainz, Dr Jia Li, Professor Cecilia Mattevi", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Engineering, Medicine", "topic": "Cross-faculty, Engineering, Health", "topicLabel": "Cross-faculty", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Engineering Bioeng|Engineering Computing|Engineering EEE", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1743354", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/imperial-hosts-who-europe-and-easl-to-strengthen-action-on-steatotic-liver-disease/", "date": "13 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-13", "headline": "Imperiahosts WHO Europe and EASL to strengthen action on steatotic liver disease", "summary": "Imperiahosted senior leaders from WHO Europe and the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) to advance a coordinated European response to steatotic liver disease (SLD).", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Professor Mark R Thursz, Dr Pinelopi Manousou", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Global Health|Healthcare", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1742830", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/dr-jill-biden-visits-imperial-to-explore-antimicrobial-resistance-and-womens-health-innovation/", "date": "11 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-11", "headline": "Dr Jill Biden visits Imperiato explore antimicrobial resistance and women\u2019s health innovation", "summary": "Former First Lady of the United States, Dr Jill Biden, visited ImperiaCollege Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperiato explore work on women\u2019s health and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). ", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Georgia Butterworth", "profile": "Professor Lord Ara Darzi", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Medicine, News", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Antibiotics|Health Policy", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1741406", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2026/-hrt-via-skin-is-best-treatment-for-low-bone-density-in-women-whose-periods-have-stopped-due-to-anorexia-or-exercise/", "date": "6 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-06", "headline": "HRT via skin is best treatment for low bone density in women whose periods have stopped due to anorexia or exercise\n", "summary": "Hormone replacement therapy applied via the skin is the best way of protecting bone density in women whose periods have stopped due to anorexia or intense exercise,", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Samantha Rey", "profile": "Mr Agathoklis Efthymiadis, Professor Alexander N Comninos", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Diet|Healthcare", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1740109", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/decoding-cellular-conversations-in-ulcerative-colitis-reveals-new-drug-targets/", "date": "3 February 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-02-03", "headline": "Decoding cellular conversations in ulcerative colitis reveals new drug targets", "summary": "New research reveals previously hidden mechanisms driving inflammation and identifies new therapeutic targets, including some already showing success in late-stage clinical trials.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Dr Tamas Korcsmaros, Dr Dezso Modos, Dr Marton L Olbei", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Gastrointestinal|Genomics", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1735012", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2026/researchers-aim-to-develop-saliva-test-to-predict-response-to-chemotherapy-for-pancreatic-cancer/", "date": "14 January 2026", "year": "2026", "sortDate": "2026-01-14", "headline": "Researchers aim to develop saliva test to predict response to chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer", "summary": "Researchers from Imperiaare studying the bacteria found in the gut and saliva of pancreatic cancer patients, with the aim of developing a new test to predict how they will respond to chemotherapy.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Dr Despoina Chrysostomou", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Cancer", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1719006", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2025/researchers-explore-new-approaches-to-early-cancer-detection/", "date": "16 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-16", "headline": "Researchers explore new approaches to early cancer detection", "summary": "Researchers from across ImperiaCollege Academic Health Science Centre gathered at a workshop to learn more about how to detect cancer sooner. \n", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Maxine Myers", "profile": "Professor Mark R Thursz, Professor George B Hanna, Professor Amanda J Cross, Professor Rakesh Heer, Dr Maria Paraskevaidi, Professor Brendan C Delaney", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Administration, Medicine", "topic": "Health, Campus and community, Health, Science", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Academic Health Science Centre", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1718519", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2025/new-research-identifies-a-mechanism-of-action-for-the-glp-1-receptor-the-target-of-glp-1-diabetes-drugs/", "date": "12 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-12", "headline": "New research identifies a mechanism of action for the GLP-1 receptor, the target of GLP-1 diabetes drugs", "summary": "Research led by Imperiahas uncovered a hidden cellular mechanism that explains how widely used type 2 diabetes drugs signal to protect the pancreas, opening up new possibilities for improving future diabetes therapies.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Professor Alejandra D D Tomas Catala", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Diabetes", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1717217", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2025/microbial-molecule-offers-new-hope-for-diabetes/", "date": "8 December 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-12-08", "headline": "Microbial molecule offers new hope for diabetes", "summary": "海角社区-led team uncovers TMA\u2019s role in blunting inflammation and improving metabolic health.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Professor Marc-Emmanuel Dumas", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Diabetes", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1711600", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2025/new-inflammatory-bowel-disease-study-highlights-crucial-need-for-ethnic-diversity-in-research/", "date": "20 November 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-11-20", "headline": "New inflammatory bowel disease study highlights crucial need for ethnic diversity in research\n", "summary": "Study shows UK South Asians with inflammatory bowel disease respond the same to commonly used treatments as White patients, but may have slightly increased risk of side effects to certain medications.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "Benjie Coleman", "profile": "Dr Horace R T Williams, Dr Sharmili Balarajah", "homepage": "", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Gastrointestinal", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1764502", "articleURL": "/news/articles/2025/pfizer-metsera/", "date": "16 November 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-11-16", "headline": "Pfizer wraps up $10bn deal for Imperiaobesity drug candidates ", "summary": "Global drugmaker wins race for candidates invented by GLP-1 pioneer Professor Steve Bloom, positioning it to lead the way in next-generation obesity treatments.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "David Silverman", "profile": "Professor Steve R Bloom, Dr Mike Romanos", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "ImperiaNews, Medicine, News", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Drug Discovery|Enterprise|White City Incubator", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },{ "contentID": "1699573", "articleURL": "/news/articles/medicine/metabolism-digestion-reproduction/2025/pfizer-aims-to-bring-imperial-obesity-drug-candidates-to-clinic-in-49bn-deal/", "date": "8 October 2025", "year": "2025", "sortDate": "2025-10-08", "headline": "Pfizer aims to bring Imperiaobesity drug candidates to clinic in $4.9bn deal", "summary": "Multinational bets on candidates invented by GLP-1 pioneer Professor Steve Bloom to propel it into the race for next-generation obesity treatments.", "image": "\"\"", "author": "David Silverman", "profile": "Professor Steve R Bloom, Dr Mike Romanos", "homepage": "yes", "owningGroup": "Medicine", "topic": "Health", "topicLabel": "Health", "storyType": "News Article", "tags": "Drug Discovery|Enterprise|White City Incubator", "ratio": "1.50", "visible": "yes" },]}