On April 13, the Endocrine Society and the Korean Endocrine Society (KES) officially entered into a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the 12th Seoul International Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SICEM) in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the KES, which took place in Seoul, South Korea, April 11 – 13, 2024. This...
TIME Magazine recently recognized three Endocrine Society members in its 100 Most Influential People of 2024: Daniel J. Drucker, MD, professor of medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, editor-in-chief, Endocrine Reviews; Joel F. Habener, MA, MD, chief of Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Svetlana Mojsov, PhD, research associate professor at Rockefeller University in...
An Endocrine News roundup of the week’s pharmaceutical news, breakthroughs, and general information. * Clinical Trial Interim Data Show Improvements in Pancreatic Function and Glycemic Control with AMX0035 in People with Wolfram Syndrome On April 11, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced interim data from the ongoing Phase 2 HELIOS clinical trial of AMX0035 (sodium phenylbutyrate [PB] and...
New research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism finds a high prevalence of type D personalities among people with hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormones. Between 10-15% of people with treated hypothyroidism experience persistent symptoms despite achieving normal thyroid hormone levels, and...
Science has shown that virtually all of us are exposed to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) essentially as soon as we’re born … and even before! The ENDO 2024 symposium “Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Reproductive Endocrinology” looks at these impacts in three different sessions that look at EDCs prenatally, postnatally, and environmentally. When you head to Boston, Mass.,...
The Endocrine Society selected Ana Canton, MD, PhD, as the recipient of the 2024 C. Wayne Bardin, MD, International Travel Award for her outstanding ENDO abstract and her research contributions to the care of patients with pediatric endocrine disorders. The C. Wayne Bardin, MD, International Travel Award was created in honor of Past President Wayne...
An Endocrine News roundup of the week’s pharmaceutical news, breakthroughs, and general information. * Confo Therapeutics Secures Multi-Million Euro Grant On March 28, Belgium-based Confo Therapeutics announced that it has been awarded a EUR 1.6 million grant from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO). The two-year grant will be used to expand Confo’s ongoing R&D efforts...
My mother was a nurse. She had a tendency to look at the world two ways: her way and the wrong way. The problem, such as it was, typically turned out to be that her way was the right way. It was both comforting and infuriating all at once. I feel like there are many...