The interactions of the gut microbiota in children with typical diabetes autoantibodies differ from that in healthy children. The fact that these differences already exist before antibodies are detectable in the blood adds to the growing evidence…

Patients with LADA – a form of autoimmune type 1 diabetes in adulthood – can be distinguished from patients with non-autoimmune type 2 diabetes by means of the antibody reaction affinity to the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD). Scientists…

Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is preceded by the appearance of pancreatic islet cell autoantibodies circulating in the blood. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Dresden, both partners in the DZD, in cooperation with…

The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) presented itself to Japanese diabetes scientists as point of contact for an international exchange about the status of research and prevention of the widespread disease diabetes. On February 13, 2014…

In the current issue of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, scientists of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and the University Hospital of Vienna led by Professor Dr. Norbert Stefan have published their results of a joint clinical trial on…

The European Research Commission will fund the interdisciplinary project “Nudge-it” with nine million euros. DZD scientists from Tübingen are among the research groups from six European countries who will study the metabolic, neurobiological,…

Dr. Claudia Wiza, a young researcher at the German Diabetes Center, a partner in the DZD, has been awarded the Dr. Eickelberg Foundation Prize 2013. Dr. Wiza received the award for her outstanding work on the development of insulin resistance.

In its TV series “Gesundheit (Health)” on January 28, 2014, Bavarian Radio included a feature about non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In the broadcast entitled “An Underestimated but Widespread Disease”, DZD scientist Professor Norbert…

A grant of 6 million euros for the HumEn project brings together leading European stem cell-research groups and industrial partners in a coordinated and collaborative effort aimed at developing glucose-responsive, insulin-producing beta cells for…

DZD scientists Decipher Early Molecular Mechanisms of Differentiation: The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and microRNA 335 are instrumental in helping form differentiated progenitor cells from stem cells. These are organized in germ layers and are…

Die Klinische Kooperationsgruppe „Subklassifikation von Typ 2 Diabetes“ erhielt Ende letzten Jahres für die Studie PPS-Diab (Prediction, Prevention and Subclassification of Type 2 Diabetes) den Heinrich-Sauer-Preis 2013 des Diabeteszentrums…

Warum erkranken manche Menschen an Krebs, andere nicht? Wer ist anfällig für Altersdiabetes? Viele Krankheiten sind eng mit unserer DNA gekoppelt; bestimmte DNA-Marker signalisieren ein erhöhtes Krankheitsrisiko, zum Beispiel für Brustkrebs.…

A single molecule, which acts equally on the receptors of the metabolic hormones glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) improves body weight and diabetes through restored function of the anti-obesity hormone leptin. This was discovered by an…

The German Center for Diabetes Research wishes you merry christmas and a happy new year.

Upon the initiative of academy member Professor Ivan I. Dedov, president of the Russian Academy of Medical Science (RAMS), and Professor Helmut Hahn, foreign member of RAMS and chairman of the Koch- Metschnikow Forum (KMF), the “First Russian-German…

“Type-1-diabetes: is it possible to delay the disease?” was the title of the report on Bavarian television’s science show „Gesundheit“ („Health“) on November 26. The telecast (in German only) dealt with Prof. Dr. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler’s diabetes…

The Annual Report 2012 of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) has been published.

Professor Sabine von Schorlemer, Minister of the Saxon Ministry of Science and Art, visited the diabetes research center, the Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden (PLID) at the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, on November 13, 2013 – the day before…

On World Diabetes Day, November 14th, distinctive buildings shall be lit up in blue in various locations in Germany. The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) is involved in this year’s campaign “Protect Our Future” of the International Diabetes…

Each year 36 million people across the globe die of noninfectious diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Common risk factors for these diseases are physical inactivity and eating too much of the wrong foods, which lead to…

In the current issue of the scientific journal ‘Nature’ researchers suggest that the brain has an important impact on maintaining blood glucose metabolism.

Five internationally renowned scientists gave graduate students and postdocs from around the world insight into the latest results and trends in diabetes research. The young researchers met at the invitation of the German Center for Diabetes Research…

The sensitivity of the GLP-1 hormone, which is secreted by the gastrointestinal tract, can predict the metabolic efficacy of a gastric bypass. The use of a GLP1 challenge could thus function as a novel predictive biomarker for personalized treatment…

On November 12, 2013, the State of Brandenburg will present the Brandenburg Young Scientist Award to the best young researchers of the year. The award ceremony, which is being held this year for the seventh time, will take place in the House of…

A diet that is low in sugar-sweetened beverages, processed meat and white bread is associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. This is the result of a large longitudinal observational study that examined the eating habits of people from seven…

Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU), a partner in the DZD, and the Technische Universität München (TUM), together with scientists in the USA, have developed a new therapeutic approach for treatment of type 2 diabetes. A novel single…

High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), the so-called “good“ cholesterol improves blood glucose levels by enhancing skeletal muscle function and reducing adiposity, scientists of the Helmholtz Zentrum München report in the current issue of the…

In two comprehensive studies, scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU), a partner in the DZD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and Technische Universität München (TUM) have discovered new associations of two major type 2…

Diabetes researchers at Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital Dresden, a partner of the German Center for Diabetes Research, have implanted the world’s first successful artificial pancreas system into the body of a type 1 diabetes patient. The human…

The results of a large-scale longitudinal observational study suggest that people with diabetes do not require different dietary and lifestyle recommendations than the general public. According to these new study data, they benefit even more from the…

The joint diabetes conference of Helmholtz Zentrum München,a partner in the DZD, and Nature Medicine, which took place September 22-24, was a great success. Designed to find potential solutions to the preeminent scientific challenges facing type 2…

Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the DZD, in cooperation with the University of Cincinnati, USA, have discovered that the placement of a non-permeable tube in the small intestine leads to reduced nutrient absorption and…

The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) presented itself extensively at the 49th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) from September 23 – 27, 2013 in Barcelona.

Damage to the retina due to diabetes can be ameliorated only partially, despite treatment with the standard drug metformin. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München have discovered that metformin treatment normalizes the alterations induced by…

Around 150 experts from academia and industry convened on September 18th, 2013 in Lund, Sweden at the IDEA Summit (Innovation in Diabetes: European Action Summit 2013) to discuss strategies for the development of innovative diabetes therapies. To…

Metabolic syndrome is characterized by obesity, high blood pressure, disturbed lipid metabolism and insulin resistance of body cells. People who suffer from this lethal quartet are at greater risk for developing diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and…

Through the detection of islet autoantibodies, type 1 diabetes can often be diagnosed years before the onset of the autoimmune disease. In many cases, the disease progresses so slowly that enough time remains for a preventive immunotherapy, as is…

Professor Dr. Matthias Tschöp has been elected a member of the Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences. In a multi-stage selection process, the Presidium elects members who have been nominated by Academy members. Potential members must be…

Funded by the DZD, the DiMelli study examines the different phenotypes of diabetes mellitus in relation to their immunological, metabolic and genetic profiles. Although the formation of autoantibodies is associated with specific clinical features…

Metabolically healthy obesity – where an individual has a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 30, but does not appear to be at increased risk of the health complications usually associated with excess weight – has only been recently widely recognised…

Current methods of bioanalysis were the focus of the fifth Protein Rainbow Workshop at the German Diabetes Center in Düsseldorf. At the international event, young scientists learned about the latest methods to detect proteins and were able to analyze…

In recognition of her significant clinical research in the field of type 1 diabetes, Prof. Dr. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler of Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the DZD, has received the Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine Excellence in Clinical…

A study involving more than 8,000 participants has shown that people with a family history of diabetes see their risk of prediabetes increase by 26%. The research is published in "Diabetologia", the journal of the European Association for the Study…

Renowned scientists from all over the world meet again in Munich to present and discuss new results from their research on our 7th traditional "Wiesn Symposium". This year's event topic is "Shaping Type 1 Diabetes". It is focused on shapes - the…

Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Marburg have found that thermogenesis in mammalian brown adipose tissue is a mechanism that has long existed in the course of evolution. The findings provide a new basis to characterize…

We are pleased to announce the 1st Annual Helmholtz-Nature Medicine Diabetes Conference. This meeting will be held on September 22-24, 2013, at the Residenz, the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs, in Munich, Germany. The German Center for…

On July 16, 2013 the German Diabetes Center (DDZ), a partner in the DZD, will open a new institute – the Institute for Beta Cell Biology. In this organizational unit under the direction of Prof. Dr. Eckhard Lammert, research on beta cells at the DDZ…

As a large European study with 2,056 healthy adults around age 50 shows, physical fitness, i.e. cardiorespiratory* fitness and physical activity influence body weight independently of each other and in varying degrees. There is a particularly strong…

Respiratory infections in early childhood may be a potential risk factor for developing type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), according to a study published by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.

Scientists at the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (IDO) at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner within the DZD, and the Technical University of Munich working in collaboration with their American partners at the University of Cincinnati may…

The 73rd Scientific Sessions (2013) of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) will begin on June 21st in Chicago. More than 18,000 diabetes experts from around the world are expected to attend the Sessions, which will take place in the McCormick…

On June 12th the Helmholtz Association invited the public to a panel discussion at the Berlin Forum on Friedrichstraße. This was the second event in the series "Focus@Helmholtz" and was entitled “Show me your genes, and I will tell you what disease…

The onset age of type 1 diabetes in children can now be accurately estimated for the first time. In the largest international study of its kind, scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the DZD, found that young people develop type 1…

In the article “The Cancer-Associated FGFR4-G388R Polymorphism Enhances Pancreatic Insulin Secretion and Modifies the Risk of Diabetes”*, which was published in the current issue of Cell Metabolism, a research group comprised of scientists from the…

Close collaboration between basic scientists and clinicians is the key to the efficient translation of medical research findings. This was the conclusion of a prestigious panel of experts with Professor Hrabĕ de Angelis, member of the board of the…

Scientists of the Institute of Diabetes and Obesity at Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the DZD, in collaboration with colleagues at the Charité - Universitätmedizin Berlin, have discovered that a receptor of as yet unknown function is…

The Scientific Award 2013 of the Klüh Foundation for the Promotion of Innovation in Science and Research went this year to University Professor Dr. Eckhard Lammert, director of the Institute of Metabolic Physiology at the Heinrich Heine University of…

A DNA variant near a digestive enzyme does not only affect risk of developing diabetes but also affects the response to treatment. This finding is described by a consortium of researchers from the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the United…

The Diabetes Congress 2013, the 48th annual meeting of the German Diabetes Association (DDG), came to a successful close on May 11, 2013 in Leipzig. Approximately 6000 participants attended the various lectures, symposia and workshops in the Congress…

The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) will participate with an interactive stand at the Diabetes Tour 2013 in the Congress Center Essen (CCE South) on June 8th. Following his talk on “Diabetes Treatments – Tailored to the Individual”,…

New research shows that growing up in areas where air pollution is increased raises the risk of insulin resistance (the prescursor to diabetes) in children. The research is published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the…

At this year's annual meeting of the German Diabetes Association (DDG), two scientists of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) were honored with the Ferdinand Bertram Award and the Ernst Friedrich Pfeiffer Award.

Some of the earliest results from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) study - a major Europe-USA consortium exploring the causes of type 1 diabetes in children - found little evidence for viral infection as a cause of the…

The German Diabetes Center in Düsseldorf, a partner in the DZD, held its second diabetes information day on April 10th. More than 200 diabetes patients and other individuals interested in the topic attended the event to learn more about new…

Together with other diabetes experts, Prof. Dr. Andreas Fritsche of the DZD partner institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University of Tübingen will answer questions about the widespread disease…

The German Center for Diabetes Research contributes to the advancement of young researchers with its own training and education program for young, internationally competitive scientists. This year’s highlight will be the DZD Diabetes Research School,…

High concentrations of free fatty acids (FFAs) in the blood predict insulin resistance in humans only when high blood concentrations of the fatty liver protein fetuin-A are present at the same time. This finding was published by Professor Norbert…

DIfE Symposium
Prediabetes, Diabetes and Secondary Complications
04-05 April 2013, Potsdam-Rehbrücke
Program
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EDEG 2013
European Diabetes Epidemiology Group
13-16 April 2013, Potsdam
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11th…

On Saturday, March 16th, the German Center for Diabetes Research took part in the first Diabetes Information Day of the Diabetes Information Service Munich. More than 250 participants – both diabetes patients and others interested in the topic –…

In a review article analyzing novel data that has emerged during the past five years, scientists of the University of Tübingen, a partner in the DZD, have found that fatty liver plays a key role in the pathogenesis both of type 2 diabetes and…

The Center for Islet Cell Transplantation at Dresden University Hospital has saved a 43-year-old work accident victim from developing diabetes: A team of doctors was able to salvage insulin-producing islet cells from the injured pancreas of the…

The Institute of Diabetes and Regeneration Research (IDR), directed by Professor Heiko Lickert at Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the DZD, has moved to new facilities.

On Saturday, March 16th the Diabetes Information Service Munich is hosting its first Diabetes Information Day in the Munich hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar. This event is open to the public – both to patients with diabetes and all others interested…

The symposium “Diabetes Complications 24 Years after the St. Vincent Declaration – What is the Situation in Germany?” will take place on April 26, 2013. The German Diabetes Center, a partner in the DZD, is the organizer of the symposium.

Three proteins that can be measured in plasma correlate with type 2 diabetes and are thus potential new biomarkers for the disease. These are the results of a study conducted by scientists of the research units Protein Science (PROT) and Scientific…

The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD, Germany) and German Research Center for Environmental Health (Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany) are pleased to be the affiliates of Elsevier’s new open access journal Molecular Metabolism. This…

On January 21, 2013 3Sat nano broadcast a documentary about the liver protein fetuin-A, which may trigger metabolic problems. The main focus of the film was on the research findings of Professor Norbert Stefan of the DZD partner institute IDM in…

Interaction between the hormones glucagon and fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) critically regulates lipid metabolism and body weight. The result of their combined effect is decreased food intake and increased fat burning, which is why these…

After conducting a rigorous and multifaceted evaluation, an international commission of experts gave the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE), which is a partner in the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), a rating of…

The German Center for Diabetes Research wishes you merry christmas and a happy new year.

Working in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research, scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München have discovered that low concentrations of potassium occur in the blood of patients with high blood pressure who suffer from type 2…

The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) presented its research activities to the public  at two recently held events – the Diabetes Tour in Hannover and World Diabetes Day in Berlin. The focus was on the clinical trials of the DZD, which were…

Sanofi and the Institute of Diabetes and Obesity (IDO) at Helmholtz Zentrum München have entered a new strategic research alliance in the field of diabetes and obesity research.

From 2013 on, the alliance “Novel Targets for the Therapy of…

This year the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) held an award competition for young scientists for the first time. Young scientists of the five DZD partner institutes were invited to submit abstracts for presentations or posters they had…

Diabetes and its secondary diseases adversely affect patients’ quality of life and pose challenges to both physicians and the healthcare system alike. In a symposium on November 16th in Berlin at the 2012 Autumn Meeting of the German Diabetes…

A collaboration between scientists in Munich, Germany and Bloomington, USA may have overcome one of the major challenges drug makers have struggled with for years: Delivering powerful nuclear hormones to specific tissues, while keeping them away from…

In collaboration with the agency Feuer&Flamme, the German Diabetes Center, a partner in the DZD, has launched an initiative for healthy nutrition and more exercise for children in primary schools in Düsseldorf. The project is supported by two health…

The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) presented itself in all sessions of the 48th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) from October 1-5, 2012 in Berlin. Parallel to the symposia and lectures held by DZD…

Women with gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy) who breastfeed their infant have been found, over the long term, to have a 40 percent reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is the conclusion of scientists of the Institute of…

At the World Health Summit in Berlin, a session on the topic of obesity will take place on October 22nd at 2:30 PM. Renowned scientists will discuss the challenge of how to prevent an “overweight generation”. Obesity is a major risk factor of…

In a metabolomics study organized also by the DZD 14 novel biomarkers could be identified. The study was accomplished by a research team led by Anna Floegel of the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), a partner in the DZD, and Tobias Pischon…

5th Autumn School MEG Tübingen
09. - 11. October 2012, Tübingen
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48. Annual Meeting EASD
01. - 05. October 2012, Berlin
http://www.easd2012.com/ 

4th International Congress on Stem Cells and Tissue…

The European Association for the Study of Diabetes will unveil a bronze bust in honor of the Berlin researcher during a commemoration ceremony on Sunday, September 30, 2012.

According to a press release of the EASD/European Association for the Study…

Detecting a predisposition to type 2 diabetes and preventing the disease before it develops is possible based on a current study by scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München. In the latest edition of Molecular Systems Biology they describe for the…

On October 1st a  symposium will take place in Berlin highlighting the advances that have been made in diabetes research. The symposium, organized by the Alliance for European Diabetes Research (EURADIA), is entitled “Advances in Diabetes Research:…

Participants are being sought for a new ImmunDiabRisk study by the Diabetes research group of Technische Universität München and the Institute for Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the DZD.

Eligible participants should…

Today in Germany the estimated percentage of adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is between seven and eight percent. New epidemiological data and the present population forecast of the Federal Statistical Office suggest that in 2030 there will be…

The MEG Center Tuebingen is organizing the 5th Autumn School „Structure the Brain“ from October 9 to 11, 2012. The Center is a partner of the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Muenchen at the DZD location…

As of the beginning of this year, a blood glucose tolerance test to screen for gestational diabetes is being offered to all expectant mothers in Germany. The test is covered by the German statutory health insurance funds as a standard feature and is…

The 10th Long Night of Science in Dresden on July 6th drew tens of thousands of visitors to the research institutions of the university city in Saxony. In the foyer of the Center for Regenerative Therapies (CRTD), the stand of the German Center for…