DZD | DZD - Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung

Colorful cells in various shapes in shades of yellow, green, and red-orange on a gray surface.

To better prevent diabetes, treat it or even avoid the metabolic disease - these are the goals and the mission of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD).

A drawing of two children having a pillow fight, with text about diabetes alongside it, including bullet points and logos from Pixi Wissen and Carlsen.

Graphical overview of computational precision nutrition showing multidimensional data (wearables, omics data, clinical and lab data, nutrition and lifestyle), a cycle for N-of-1 trials (intervention, adjustment, learning, response), machine learning and AI (pattern recognition, causal inference, prediction, personalization), personalized disease understanding (disease, biomarker insights, risk and response profiles), and personalized nutrition recommendations with food items.

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Man in suit standing at podium in front of screen displaying text about the Annual Congress of the Central European Diabetes Association 2026 in Düsseldorf

Two older men in suits wearing name tags; one is holding an award

Collage featuring five photos from an event: a poster showing the dates June 20–21 and an image of a robot; a group of people in front of a banner for the German Centers for Health Research; gloved hands measuring blood sugar; a child in front of an information booth; and three people on stage with microphones.

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Comprehensive facts about diabetes mellitus - independent, generally understandable and scientifically based - are offered by the national diabetes information portal www.diabinfo.de.

Illustration of a red phoenix dropping blue cells into a test tube on a magazine cover titled 'Regenerative Medicine'.

The current issue 2/2025 of the joint magazine of the German Centers for Health Research (DZG) is dedicated to the topic of regenerative medicine. (in German)

SYNERGIE – Das Magazin der DZG (dzg-magazin.de)

The German Centers for Health Research (DZG)

DZG statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine