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From using beta cell therapy to finding ways to help cells survive, to how weight stigma is linked to poorer health in people with diabetes, here are some of the diabetes research developments announced in January 2026.

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08.01.2025

In 2024 we invested £5.4m into new pioneering diabetes research

Thanks to your support, we’re powering life-changing diabetes research. Right now, we’re funding 133 dazz...

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...

Two researchers in lab coats testing a liquid in a test tube.

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...

05.12.2024

Owen Mumford to discontinue Autopen insulin pens – here's what you n...

The medical device manufacturer Owen Mumford has announced that it will stop producing its Autopen range ...

04.12.2024

CGM access and costs in Scotland raised by diabetes cross-party group

An online diabetes cross-party group (CPG) was held on 3rd December 2024. The purpose of this group is to...

03.12.2024

House of Lords debate recognises importance of mobile phones for child...

In a debate on increasing interest in mandating that schools be mobile phone free in the House of Lords l...

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...

22.11.2024

Lord Rennard highlights inequality of CGM access to people with type 2...

In a debate in the House of Lords this week, we were pleased that the Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard ...

18.11.2024

People with diabetes in England might be offered new scan during eye s...

Some people living with diabetes may soon be asked to have an additional scan as part of their diabetic e...

Summer Todd and Billy from Coronation Street

14.11.2024

Let’s talk about diabetes representation in film and TV

Marti Stelling, 22, from Sheffield, is an MA Journalism student at the University of Sheffield. She has f...

12.11.2024

What are we doing to tackle stigma, and what’s next?

On World Diabetes Day last year, we became one of the first organisations in the UK to sign the global pl...

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.

04.11.2024

FreeStyle Libre 2 sensors will be phased out and replaced with FreeSty...

FreeStyle Libre 2 sensors will be phased out in the UK by the end of August 2025, meaning that people liv...

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 ...

24.10.2024

5 things we want to see in the Autumn Budget 2024

Ahead of the Autumn Budget 2024 on 30th October, we are calling on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to improv...

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 ...