The German Center for Diabetes Research wishes you merry christmas and a healthy and happy new year.
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DZD Scientist Receives ERC Grant
Prof. Dr. Paul Pfluger from the DZD partner Helmholtz Zentrum München has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. He receives the honor for his cutting-edge biomedical research in the field of metabolic diseases. This is already the eighth ERC grant…
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New Study Investigates Effect of Teplizumab on the Maintenance of Insulin Production in the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents Newly Diagnosed with Clinical Type 1 Diabetes
The antibody teplizumab can delay the development of clinical type 1 diabetes in individuals. There have been numerous studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of teplizumab in newly diagnosed clinical type 1 diabetes patients. . The effect of…
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Sugar – More Than Just “Empty Calories”? New Study Provides Insights
Dr. Sabrina Schlesinger and her team at the DZD partner German Diabetes Center have conducted a mediation analysis to specify the total association of sugar consumption on the development of type 2 diabetes. The results have now been published and…
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Stephan Weiland Award 2020 for DZD Scientist
The young scientist Manuela Neuenschwander from the DZD partner German Diabetes Center was named first place winner of the Stephan Weiland Award 2020 by the German Society for Epidemiology. She received the award for her research on the influence of…
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One Million Euros for Research on the Brain and Nutritional Behavior
How our brain functions in adulthood can already be influenced by environmental factors during pregnancy. Besides known influencing factors such as cigarette and alcohol consumption, the mother's diet seems to play a decisive role. Dr. Rachel Lippert…
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Open Position in the DZD Head Office
At the head office of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) in Munich, a half-day position in the area of scientific project management is to be filled as soon as possible. The focus of the position will be on the supervision and further…
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“I can see it in your eyes”: Novel Deep Learning Method Enables Clinic-Ready Automated Screening for Diabetes-Related Eye Disease
Researchers at the DZD partner Helmholtz Zentrum München together with LMU University Eye Hospital Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) created a novel deep learning method that makes automated screenings for eye diseases such as…
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DZD and diabinfo.de at the Virtual World Diabetes Day
This year the World Diabetes Day event (November 14th) will take place online. Starting at 10 a.m. at www.weltdiabetestag.de, the program will include a digital patient day, presentations of diabetes self-help projects, the community event docday and…
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DZD Annual Report Published
The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) has published its 2019 Annual Report. On 68 pages, the DZD not only presents current figures, data, and facts, but also provides information about the latest developments in diabetes research.
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Knowledge about Diabetes Keeps you Healthy – Expansion of the National Diabetes Information Portal www.diabinfo.de Goes into the Second Round
A good six months after the launch of the national diabetes information portal www.diabinfo.de, many thousands of people are already using the scientifically based offering on diabetes and diabetes prevention every month. The portal has now been…
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DZD Experts at the DDG Autumn Conference
Numerous DZD researchers are leading symposia at the DDG's 2020 virtual diabetes autumn conference (November 6-8) or are active as speakers. Topics include precise prevention strategies, the national diabetes information portal, diabetes and liver /…
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World Diabetes Day on November 14: New Information Offerings on www.diabinfo.de
Around seven million people in Germany have diabetes mellitus. In 2040, up to 12 million people could be affected by type 2 diabetes. The disease usually develops insidiously and can remain completely symptom-free for years. It is all the more…
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DZD with the Leading Theme "News from Diabetes Research" in "The Diabetologist"
The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) presents current results from diabetes research in the new issue of the journal "Der Diabetologe". Experts from the DZD provide an overview of diabetes subtypes, intermittent fasting, the influence of…
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DZD Researchers at ARD-Alpha in "Schwanke meets Science"
The DZD experts Prof. Anette-G. Ziegler and Prof. Stephan Herzig will report on the "world disease diabetes" in the ARD alpha series "Schwanke meets Science" next Monday, Nov. 9.
