Professor Hugh Montgomery talks to BBC Radio 4

Professor Hugh Montgomery is an intensive care physician at Whittington Hospital and a researcher at University College London. His work has taken him to the Himalayas to study the effect of oxygen uptake at high altitude with Xtreme Everest colleagues. The findings were surprising and have implications for patients in intensive care. Jim al-Khalili talks to Hugh Montgomery about the gene for fitness and how mountaineers have influenced intensive care medicine.

The programme will be aired at 21.30 today on BBC Radio 4. It can also be found on BBC Iplayer. Alternatively, follow this link to the BBC website page with details about the programme. Click here

Hugh and his colleagues are still looking for volunteers to help with further research. If you are interested, follow this link for more information.
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