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…

Obesity and diabetes are on the rise in Germany despite an increase in people’s physical activity. The Germany-wide pre-diabetes lifestyle intervention study (PLIS), which is being carried out by the German Center for Diabetes Research, is now…

Together with leading German scientists at all stages of the value chain, Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the DZD, is building a strong alliance to conduct research on metabolic diseases – and ultimately to cure them. The ICEMED Alliance…

Two genes that are overexpressed in adipose tissue of morbidly obese people have now been identified by renowned scientists working within the framework of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD). This is a result of a new study of the German…

More and more children and adolescents are being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and at younger and younger ages. The number of new cases peaks in the age group of nine months to two years. As part of the international Pre-POINT study (Primary…

The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) presented its research activities along with the other German Centers for Health Research (DZG) at an innovation forum at the Capital City Congress for Medicine and Health (Hauptstadtkongress). The main…

Prevent Diabetes – Personal Diabetes Counseling and Interactive Information

Diabetes – what are the causes and symptoms? Is diabetes curable? Can the disease be prevented? What is the current status of diabetes research? At the DZD exhibit at the…

The brain plays a crucial role in our body weight by controlling our eating habits. The gray cells receive the necessary information about the current energy status of the body from insulin, hormones from adipose tissue and many other transmitters.…

Four scientists of the partner institutes of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) were honored at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the German Diabetes Association (DDG). This year, three awards of the German Diabetes Association went to Helmholtz…

The award ceremony for the Alexander von Humboldt professorships took place in Berlin on May 15, 2012. One of the coveted positions went to Professor Matthias Tschöp, a leading international expert on metabolic diseases.
He heads the Institute of…

„Insulin, Adipokine und Gehirn“ meaning „Insuline, Adipokines and Brain“ is the subject of the symposium organized by the Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung (DZD) at the Annual Meeting of the German Diabetes Society. It takes place on Mai 18, 3…

A free nationwide telephone hotline on Diabetes will be open on April 16, 2012 from 7 pm to 9 pm. Under 0800-0 60 4000 experts of the Competence Network Diabetes mellitus will answer all sorts of questions regarding Diabetes. The scientists work at…

The Institute for Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, which is headed by Prof. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, has discovered that autoimmune antibodies against insulin-producing betacells in the pancreas and the age at which these antibodies…

A research team led by Professor Eckhard Wolf and Professor Jochen Seißler of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich and affiliated with the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) has succeeded in generating xenografted islet cell clusters from…

The dietary intake of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) from food of animal origin may alter brain function and sleep. This is a conclusion of a study carried out by the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tübingen. According to this study,…

With its unique focus on all aspects of translational research the German Center for Diabetes Research is dedicated to educate a new generation of internationally competitive researchers and clinicians in the diabetes field.

In this context the…

Julia Szendrödi, MD, PhD, of the Institute for Clinical Diabetology at the German Diabetes Center in Düsseldorf (DDZ), a partner in the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), is this year’s recipient of the Karl Oberdisse Award. She was honored…

Gestational diabetes is diagnosed in nearly four percent of all expectant mothers in Germany. In 2010 approximately 24,000 women were affected. For the child, the mother’s high blood glucose levels may have long-term consequences - the child runs the…

Scientists at the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) have compared different methods for estimating the percentage of body fat. According to the latest results, measuring the waist circumference is more appropriate to estimate body fat…

In a podcast of Bavarian Radio’s series Bayern 5 aktuell Professor Stefan informs listeners about interesting links between obesity and diabetes.
Listen in! (in German)

The incidence of autoantibodies against antigens of the insulin-producing beta cells has a peak between the age of nine months and two years. In turn, children who develop autoantibodies at this early age have a very high risk of developing type 1…

Using the body’s own resources – brown fat tissue – scientists of the German Center for Diabetes Research led by Professor Norbert Stefan of University Hospital Tübingen are developing a new approach to treating obesity. In the television series W…

The younger girls are at the onset of menstruation, the greater their risk of developing prediabetes or diabetes in the course of their lives. This is the conclusion reached by scientists of the Helmholtz Zentrum München based on the analysis of data…

July 18-20, 2012 Dresden will host a state of the art conference on Stem Cell Biology with high relevance to type 1 diabetes. The 4th International Congress on Stem Cells and Tissue Formation starts with a 1.5 day symposium on the dynamics of stem…

The biochemist Professor Hadi Al-Hasani will give his inaugural lecture on January 13, 2012 at the Medical Faculty of the University of Düsseldorf. The lecture, which is open to the public, is entitled “Heavy Fare and Light Mice: Lessons from the…

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Forsa Survey in the Year of Science – Research for Our Health

Diabetes is a disease of civilization: Most cases could be avoided by leading a healthier lifestyle. However, about one-third of the German population is unaware of the risk factors or of…

Awards for Research on Novel Adipokine Hormone and on the Relationship between Environmental Factors and Diabetes

On November 30, 2011 the Jühling Prizes and the Jühling Medal were awarded for outstanding scientific work in the field of diabetes…

Berlin – Type 1 diabetes is the most common metabolic disease in children and adolescents. Around 24 000 boys and girls living in Germany have been diagnosed with the disease. The incidence of type 1 diabetes is steadily rising, and very young…

Neuherberg, 16.11.2010. The Minister-President of Bavaria, Horst Seehofer, officially  opened the Diabetes Research Department at the Helmholtz Zentrum München today. The department pools expertise in the field of diabetes research at the  centre,…

As of the present time, more than six million people suffer from diabetes in Germany. In view of the steadily growing number of patients, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has developed new research concepts in recent years. These…

Neuherberg, 12.10.2011. Professor Matthias Tschöp has been named a recipient of one of the four Alexander von Humboldt Professorships. Professor Tschöp will head the Institute of Diabetes and Obesity at Helmholtz Zentrum München, which is a member of…

Visitors can learn about all aspects of diabetes at the World Diabetes Day 2011 exhibition at the International Conference Center in Berlin, which will take place on November 13, 2011 from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. The German Center for Diabetes Research…

People with good vitamin D status have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study, carried out at the Helmholtz Zentrum München in collaboration with the German Diabetes Center in Düsseldorf – both members of the “German Center…

Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in cooperation with Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and King’s College London (KCL), have identified the association between genetic variants and specific metabolic changes. The study provides new functional…

Zum Jahrestreffen der “European Association for the Study of Diabetes” (EASD) kommen rund 17.000 Diabetes-Experten vom 12. bis 16. September 2011 in Lissabon zusammen. Am Austausch der neuesten Forschungsergebnisse und aktuellen Erkenntnisse aus der…

Neuherberg, 12.08.2011. Analyses of the metabolic profile of blood serum reveal significant differences between men and women. From their tests, scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have concluded that there is a need for gender-specific…