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From common type 2 diabetes drugs that have been linked with slower frailty in older people, to using genetic risk to spot type 1 diabetes earlier in adults, here are some of the diabetes research developments announced in December 2025.

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11.02.2022

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022: Meet Professor M...

We’re putting the spotlight on one of our many inspirational female researchers, who is working to improv...

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04.02.2022

Research priorities to improve care for older people with diabetes

Over a third of people living with diabetes in the UK are over the age of 65 but we don’t know enough abo...

25.01.2022

Genes can protect some people from type 2 diabetes

A new study from our researchers has discovered that genes which control where our body fat is stored pla...

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18.01.2022

Our Future Health may hold the key to huge health discoveries

The UK’s largest-ever health research programme, called Our Future Health, aims to recruit up to five mil...

11.01.2022

We invested over £6.6 million into new diabetes research in 2021

Your donations allowed us to get 30 innovative new diabetes research projects off the ground in 2021. Our...

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05.01.2022

Liver fat directly raises risk of type 2 diabetes

Our research has revealed that having higher levels of fat in the liver, and having a smaller pancreas, d...

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04.01.2022

Hormonal condition MACS linked to type 2 diabetes

Research we've funded has shown for the first time the scale and impact of MACS, a hormonal condition, th...

17.12.2021

Our research brings us closer to new hypo treatments

Our researchers have found a way to activate a fuel gauge in the brain that could help in the development...

18.11.2021

Low-calorie diets best to lose weight with type 2 diabetes

Researchers have examined all the evidence on which diets help people with type 2 diabetes to lose weight...

18.11.2021

Dapagliflozin (Forxiga) is no longer to be used for type 1 diabetes

AstraZeneca has announced that the medication Dapagliflozin (Forxiga) will no longer be licensed for use ...

04.11.2021

Understanding coronavirus risks in people with diabetes

Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce has lived with type 1 diabetes for 26 years. She is also an Associate Professor a...

26.10.2021

Behind the headlines: Stem cell therapy breakthrough for type 1

Scientists in the United States have announced early results from a pioneering trial testing a new stem c...

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11.10.2021

Highlights from Europe’s largest diabetes conference (EASD)

Diabetes researchers from across the world shared their latest breakthroughs at this year’s annual Europe...

31.08.2021

Islet transplants: Our research changes national guidelines

Our research has resulted in changes to islet cell transplant procedures in the UK. Eligible people with ...

26.08.2021

Batch of liquid metformin recalled by MHRA

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned yesterday that one batch (batch num...

29.07.2021

A tribute to Professor David Dunger

We were very sorry to learn that Professor David Dunger sadly passed away on 20 July.