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Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metabolic control in tissues

Life and Matter Sciences Series of Conferences February 6, 2014 Madrid

Conference Cycle and Science Meeting

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Venue: Salón de Actos Fundación Ramón Areces c/ Vitruvio, 5. 28006 Madrid

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Fundación Ramón Areces-Nature Publishing Group

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The field of diabetes is very broad, as different organs have different functions in the metabolic control. Not only the pancreas and adipose tissue regulate metabolism, but also muscle, brain and liver have crucial roles in this disease, so it is necessary to take a holistic view on the metabolic syndrome. At present, 25% of the population over 20 years is suffering from metabolic syndrome, but the average age profile of these patients has decreased dramatically in recent years. Will this trend continue in the future? How effective are the current treatments? Are new therapeutic targets being investigated?

Thursday, 6

17:30

Presentation

Raimundo Pérez-Hernández y Torra
Director, Fundación Ramón Areces. Spain.

Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council. Fundación Ramón Areces. Spain.

José María Medina
Scientific Advisory Council. Fundación Ramón Areces. Spain.

Javier Cazaña Aguilar
Managing Director, Nature Publishing Group Iberoamérica.

17:45

Introduction

Juan Carlos López
Chief Editor of the journal Nature Medicine.

18:00

Targeting inflammation in the treatment of type 2 diabetes

Marc Y. Donath
University Hospital Basel. Switzerland.

18:20

Metabolic reprogramming in type 2 diabetes

Pere Puigserver
Harvard University. Boston. USA.

18:40

Novel therapies for diabetes and obesity

Matthias Tschöp
Institute for Diabetes and Obesity. Helmholtz Zentrum München. Germany.

19:00

Human brown fat is on fire

Barbara Cannon
Stockholm University. The Wenner-Gren Institute Physiology. Sweden.

19:20

Open Debate

Moderator:
Juan Carlos López

Debate:
Marc Y. Donath
Pere Puigserver
Matthias Tschöp
Barbara Cannon

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