Professor Andrew Levy

Research summary

Initially, the focus of research was to try and understand the pathogenesis of pituitary adenomas by analyzing differences in hormone gene expression and anomalies in second messenger transduction between human pituitary adenoma biopsies and normal rodent pituitary function ^1-11. Over time it became clear that qualitative abnormalities are uncommon and that typical hallmarks of tumours such as proto-oncogene activation and tumour suppressor sequestration are almost invariably absent. I began to look at pituitary tumours as exuberant normality rather than benign malignancy. Having made that significant conceptual change, the question then became ‘how does the normal pituitary respond trophically to environmental ...

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Recent publications

• Levy, A, 2017, ‘Development and evaluation of a venesection and cannulation training manikin’. BMJ Innovations, vol 3., pp. 32-36
• Levy, A & D, A, 2016, ‘Development and potential of a clinical resource and educational iPhone and iPad App based on patient testimony’. BMJ Innovations, vol 2., pp. 52-57

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