Ground breaking research expected to help endometriosis sufferers
Research being carried out at the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health into endometriosis could lead to new drug treatments that will block the development and progression of the often debilitating condition.
This article was first published on 22 June, 2017
Since 2012 Professor Andrew Horne, Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences, has been investigating a group of genes that are thought to play a vital role in the development of endometriosis. He has discovered that endometriosis cells behave in a similar way to cancer cells. It is therefore expected that the drugs used to treat cancer will treat endometriosis just as effectively.
Professor Horne is speaking and answering questions at the Wellbeing of Women’s seminar Endometriosis: The 1 in 10, on Thursday, June 29, 6pm to 8pm, at The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, London W1G 0AE.
For tickets go to wellbeingofwomen.org.uk or call 020 3697 700.
The Daily Mail covered the story on 30.05.17.