Plenary lecture 7 'Diabetes as a gut disease' 10:45, Main Hall

Professor Michael Nauck (Germany) will present his plenary lecture on ‘Diabetes as a gut disease’ at 10:45-11:30 today in the Main Hall. Professor Nauck has been Head of the Diabeteszentrum Bad Lauterberg (Harz, Germany) since May 2000. He maintains an active clinical practice in addition to a productive research programme. His research focuses on investigating the role of gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) as potential therapeutic targets in type two diabetes. Join Professor Nauck for a fascinating talk on the role of gut peptides in type two diabetes.

Keeping the session on track will be Dr Jeremy Tomlinson (UK). See you there!

The abstract which accompanies this plenary lecture can be found on Endocrine Abstracts