01.03.2024
Diabetes Community Manifesto of the DDG and DZD for the 2024 European elections
Letter to the Chairman of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, and to German MEPs in the EU Parliament: Please stand up for 32 million people with diabetes in the EU! (German only)
more27.02.2024
Statement of the German Society of Endocrinology (DGE), the German Diabetes Association (DDG) and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) on the draft law of the Animal Welfare Act
The executive boards of the German Society for Endocrinology (DGE), the German Diabetes Association (DDG) and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) would like to comment on the draft law to amend "the Animal Welfare Act and the Animal Products Trade Prohibition Act", as the planned amendment is expected to have a significant negative impact on biomedical research. A corresponding statement was also published by the German Centers for Health Research, of which the DZD is a member. (German only)
more20.02.2024
Joint statement of the German Diabetes Association (DDG) and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) on the draft law for the new Medical Research Act (MFG) to be implemented
The scientific medical society German Diabetes Association (DDG) and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), active in translational diabetes research and one of the eight German Centers for Health Research (DZG), basically welcome the new introduction of the Medical Research Act and the basic ideas that led to this draft law. (German only)
more19.02.2024
Statement of the Alliance of Science Organisations for an Open and Democratic Society
The German Centers for Health Research, and thus explicitly the DZD, support the statement of the Alliance of Science Organizations for an Open and Democratic Society.
more29.08.2023
Statement of the German Diabetes Association (DDG) on the status of research and clinical application of stem cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus
Patients and their relatives repeatedly ask treating physicians and the German Diabetes Association (DDG) whether type 1 diabetes mellitus or other types of diabetes can be treated with stem cells. The background to these inquiries is the hope that the use of stem cells could "cure" diabetes mellitus by restoring the body's own insulin production and secretion. On this occasion, the DDG comments on research and therapy of diabetes mellitus with regard to the use of stem cells. (German only)
more25.08.2023
Statement of the German Diabetes Association DDG on the draft law to promote the quality of inpatient care through transparency (Hospital Transparency Act)
The DDG welcomes the Federal Government's plan to ensure a high level of quality in inpatient care and to make the range of services and quality aspects transparent to patients. (German only)
more14.08.2023
Statement on the draft law on the improved use of health data (Health Data Utilization Act - GDNG)
This statement is based on discussions within the "Coordination Group for Health Data Infrastructures", which was organized by the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) and the Network of University Medicine (NUM).
more29.03.2022
DZG statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
We, the German Centers for Health Research, consider the Russian invasion of Ukraine an attack on elementary values of freedom, democracy and self-determination, on which scientific freedom and opportunities for cooperation are based.
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