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From the world's first clinical practice guideline for diabetes distress, to fully closed loop systems showing benefits for people with type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, here are some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced in September.

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02.01.2025

Professor Stephanie Amiel receives Damehood for services to people wit...

Congratulations to Diabetes UK-funded researcher Professor Stephanie Amiel, who has received a Damehood i...

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18.12.2024

Type 2 risk in South Asian people and diabetic kidney disease: Researc...

We take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced in December, and what the...

28.11.2024

Childhood type 2 risk and beta cell therapy in type 1: Research highli...

We take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced in November, and what the...

06.11.2024

Lab to Life: Targeting structural proteins to prevent type 2 diabetes

We’re bringing the exciting research that we’re funding from the Lab to Life in our new series.

30.10.2024

Smart insulin and stem cell transplants: Research Highlights October 2...

We take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced in October, and what the ...

Dr Sheila Reith standing in her garden, holding her insulin pen prototype

24.10.2024

Dr Sheila Reith, insulin pen pioneer, wins Pride of Britain award

We couldn’t be happier to see Dr Sheila Reith, CBE honoured at the Pride of Britain Awards for improving ...

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17.10.2024

Artificial intelligence spots type 1 diabetes in children earlier

Our researchers have harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to detect clues of type 1 diabetes in childre...

09.10.2024

New research shows how DNA structure could help people with diabetes m...

Our researchers have discovered – for the first time – that the shape of our DNA has an important job in ...

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27.09.2024

Understanding type 1 risk factors and voice screening for type 2: Rese...

In this series we take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced recently, ...

18.09.2024

Taking the plunge to see if my son is at high risk of type 1 diabetes

We’re thrilled that 20,000 children have signed up to the ELSA (EarLy Surveillance for Autoimmune diabete...

03.09.2024

Your top priorities for research into type 1 diabetes revealed

Hundreds of people with type 1 diabetes, their families and healthcare professionals have chosen their mo...

Diabetes UK shares the biggest diabetes research stories of 2020

28.08.2024

Sleep duration in type 2 and tackling the type 1 immune attack: Resear...

In this series we take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced recently, ...

06.08.2024

NHS ‘soups and shakes’ diet study shows one third of people with t...

One third of participants with type 2 diabetes who complete the NHS England Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remis...

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31.07.2024

Type 1 life expectancy and pausing type 2: Research highlights July 2024

In our new series we take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced recentl...

10.07.2024

We’re funding vital research to tackle diabetes distress

We’ve partnered with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Appl...

26.06.2024

Inhaled insulin and tech for type 2: new research presented from the A...

Every year, over 10,000 scientists meet up at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions to ...