Newsarchive 2016-2016 | DZD - Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung

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…

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…

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…

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…

A new study lead by DZD partner Helmholtz Zentrum München indicates a six-fold higher SARS-CoV-2 exposure rate among children in Bavaria, Germany, than reported cases. This highlights the value of population-based antibody screenings for pandemic…

On July 3, 2020, the German Bundestag adopted the National Diabetes Strategy with the aim of achieving a lasting improvement in patient care and expanding translational research. To achieve this, first of all the personnel resources that have been…

The online study Life & Covid investigates the influence of various lifestyle factors on the severity of Covid-19 disease. Severe disease courses are usually characterized by the occurrence of pneumonia. The factors that lead to the development of…

Epigenetic* changes in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas can be detected in patients several years before the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2D). These changes are responsible for the altered methylation activity of specific genes which…

How did the incidence rate develop during the lockdown with regard to stress factors on the one hand but generally less potential exposure to various viral infections on the other? This was investigated by a Germany-wide research group led by DZD…

The brain plays a major role in controlling our blood glucose levels. In type 2 diabetics this glucose metabolism brain control is often dysfunctional. Genetic components for this phenomenon have so far remained elusive. A group of scientists at…

Healthy people – especially women – with elevated levels of the heart failure marker NT-proBNP have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, if these people develop diabetes nonetheless, they are more likely to suffer from macro- and…

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common chronic liver disease in the world, with sometimes life-threatening consequences. A high-protein, calorie-reduced diet can cause the harmful liver fat to melt away – more effectively than a…

What impact was observed on the number of cases of ketoacidosis in young people with newly diagnosed diabetes during the first two months of the COVID 19 pandemic in Germany? DZD scientist Prof. Dr. Reinhard Holl from the University of Ulm and a team…

In a ‘Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology’ article Norbert Stefan from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), the University Hospital of Tübingen and the Boston Children’s Hospital, highlights why and to what extent a large hip circumference, an…

How does what we eat and drink affect our immune system? Can certain vitamins or minerals strengthen our immune system? What needs to be considered in the current pandemic? Dr. Krasimira Aleksandrova, a nutritionist and epidemiologist from the DZD…

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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

Sugar – More Than Just “Empty Calories”? New Study Provides Insights

One Million Euros for Research on the Brain and Nutritional Behavior

“I can see it in your eyes”: Novel Deep Learning Method Enables Clinic-Ready Automated Screening for Diabetes-Related Eye Disease

More Infections than Reported: New Study Demonstrates Importance of Large-Scale SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Screenings

Experts from the Fields of Diabetology and Endocrinology Call for More Capacities in Training and Continuing Education

Initial Results of the Life & Covid Study: Overweight and Obesity May Be Key Lifestyle Factors for a Severe Course of Covid-19

Epigenetic Changes Precede Onset of Diabetes

Effect of Corona Lockdown on Type 1 Diabetes Incidence in Children and Adolescents Investigated

A Gatekeeper Against Insulin Resistance in the Brain

Risk of Diabetes Complications Increases with Elevated Levels of NT-proBNP

How Protein Protects against Fatty Liver

Increase in Ketoacidosis in Children and Adolescents during the Corona Crisis

Why and to what Extent a Large Hip Protects from Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases

Questions and Answers about Nutrition and Immune Defense, also in Relation to the Coronavirus Pandemic