Science article - December 25, 2017
The undervalued endocrine system
Insulin, tamoxifen, EPO – just a few examples of life-saving, blockbuster drugs from endocrinology research. “Hormones are responsible for homeostasis, maintaining our internal environment,” says Professor Saffron Whitehead, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, St George’s University of London, “so they regulate every system in the body.” This puts endocrinology, the study of hormones, at the […]
