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Farooqi Lab

@farooqi-lab.bsky.social
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Professor Sadaf Farooqi’s lab at the University of Cambridge. We study the fundamental mechanisms controlling human energy homeostasis to identify treatments for obesity.

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Farooqi Lab @farooqi-lab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The kidney research community needs to change - new paper in @natrevneph.nature.com by @kidneyresearchuk.org on new ways of approaching kidney disease. www.linkedin.com/posts/kidney...
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The kidney research community is letting down patients by failing to collaborate enough. Discuss. | Kidney Research UK | 33 comments
The kidney research community needs to change. We're all passionate experts. We care deeply. But we're not seeing the progress that kidney patients need. To be blunt, we need to do more, and faster....
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Farooqi Lab @farooqi-lab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Important Phase 3 trial published in @nejm.org today showing Setmelanotide (MC4R agonist) is highly effective at inducing weight loss in patients with Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity. (1/5) www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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Setmelanotide for the Treatment of Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity | NEJM
A phase 2 trial of setmelanotide, a melanocortin-4 receptor agonist, showed substantial weight loss in patients with acquired hypothalamic obesity, but additional data are needed. We conducted a ph...
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Farooqi Lab @farooqi-lab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In a paper just published in @science.org magazine, we teamed up with @teichlab.bsky.social to construct the most detailed atlas to date of hormone production and action in humans at cellular resolution. (1/7) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A Hormone Cell Atlas maps the human endocrine system at cellular resolution
Hormones act across tissues and organs to coordinate physiological functions. Drawing inspiration from the Human Cell Atlas, we analyzed expression of 379 hormone and receptor genes in a transcriptomi...
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The European Association for the Study of Obesity @easoobesity.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) and Novo Nordisk Foundation congratulate the Obesity Prize for Excellence Award Winner - Professor Sadaf Farooqi from the United Kingdom Read about her award and research here: easo.org/obesity-priz...
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Farooqi Lab @farooqi-lab.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
In a paper just published in Nature Medicine, we characterised the largest cohort of people with loss-of-function mutations in the Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/6)
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Obesity due to MC4R deficiency is associated with reduced cholesterol, triglycerides and cardiovascular disease risk - Nature Medicine
The authors explore the impact of MC4R deficiency on lipid metabolism in humans, based on two large cohorts. Findings indicate that individuals with obesity due to MC4R deficiency have lower cholester...
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Cambridge @cambridgebrc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
👏Many congratulations👏 to Professor Sadaf Farooqi @farooqi-lab.bsky.social for being honoured with the prestigious Gerald D Aurbach Award by the Endocrine Society for Outstanding Translational Research More👉 bit.ly/46gFx1d @ims-mrl.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @endocrinesociety.bsky.social
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Cambridge Professor honoured with prestigious Endocrine Society award, marking a second consecutive win for Metabolic Science at the Biomedical Research Centre - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Cen...
Professor Farooqi has been awarded the esteemed Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research. This is the second year running that a Cambridge BRC researcher in the field of metaboli...
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Farooqi Lab @farooqi-lab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Thank you to the @endocrinesociety.bsky.social for this prestigious honour!
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Institute of Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Laboratories @ims-mrl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🙌Many congratulations to all winners, but in particular our very own Professor Sadaf Farooqi as recipient of the Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research. ℹ️https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-sadaf-farooqi-honoured-endocrine-society-2026-laureate-award
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Farooqi Lab @farooqi-lab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Professor Farooqi to receive 2026 Laureate Award from @endocrinesociety.bsky.social! Details on Endocrine Society website and here: www.goos.org.uk/resource-cen...
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Professor Sadaf Farooqi receives Gerald D. Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research 2026 Laureate Award from the Endocrine Society - Genetics of Obesity Study
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Farooqi Lab @farooqi-lab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
#1 In a paper just published online in Diabetes, we showed that homozygous loss-of-function mutations in the Glucagon receptor (GCGR) cause early-onset hepatic steatosis in people. DOI: doi.org/10.2337/db25...
Graphical abstract of "Glucagon Receptor deficiency causes early-onset hepatic steatosis"paper published in Diabetes 2025
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