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We take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced in April, including how there could be long-term health benefits of early weight loss after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis, and how a common virus may play a role in the development of type 1 diabetes.

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30.03.2022

DUKPC Digest Day 3: New findings on Flash and updates on type 2 and fa...

On day 3 of Diabetes UK's Professional Conference (DUKPC), we heard about: findings from our clinic...

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29.03.2022

DUKPC Digest Day 2: Immunotherapy research for type 1, screening and m...

On day 2 of the Diabetes UK Professional Conference (DUKPC) we heard about exciting advances on th...

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28.03.2022

DUKPC Digest Day 1: Health inequalities, the pandemic and causes of ty...

We’ve just kicked off Diabetes UK's annual professional conference (DUKPC). It sees hundreds of healthcar...

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15.03.2022

£2.2 million NewDAWN project to help more people go in to remission

We’ve joined forces with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to fund a new £2.2 million pro...

25.02.2022

Shift-Diabetes: developing dietary support for shift-workers living wi...

The Shift-Diabetes research team at King’s College London is working to understand more about how night w...

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16.02.2022

Type 2 diabetes medications can also protect heart health

A new study funded by us has shown that certain diabetes medications can protect people living with type ...

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...

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 ...