Press Releases 2026 | DZD - Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung

Woman in a red tank top sits on a weight training machine and stretches one leg forward. She wears a cuff around her thigh to which a thin tube is attached.

Düsseldorf

Physical training is an important part of type 2 diabetes therapy and supports both blood glucose control and muscle energy metabolism. A new study by the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) shows that blood flow restriction training (BFRT)…

Four blood sample tubes with colored caps in a white rack on a white background

Potsdam-Rehbrücke

Prediabetes is an extremely heterogeneous metabolic disorder. Scientists from several partner institutes of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)* have now used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify epigenetic markers…

Word cloud with the terms: muscle mass, signaling molecules, cancer, cachexia, body wasting, liver, and therapy resistance

Neuherberg

Cachexia is a metabolic disorder that causes uncontrolled weight loss and muscle wasting in chronic diseases and cancer. A new study by Helmholtz Munich, in collaboration with the Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences…

Drawing of an alarm clock on a red folded blanket in front of a window with yellow light, a table with a lamp, and a blood glucose meter.

Düsseldorf

Metabolic diseases have reached epidemic proportions in our society. This is not only due to a lack of exercise, but is also caused by staying up late, shift work, and artificial indoor light. The inner biological clock, the body’s…

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