Sleep loss affects the production of the enzyme DPP-4 in women and men differently
Potsdam-Rehbrücke
After a night without sleep, women form more DPP-41, an enzyme that promotes obesity, fatty liver disease and insulin resistance. In men, on the other hand, the morning activity of the enzyme decreases when they do not sleep enough.…
The primary school children participating in the initiative "SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit." of the DZD partner German Diabetes Center completed a training session with the SMS sponsors.
Novel transcriptomic signature of type 2 diabetic islets identified
Dresden
Type 2 diabetes, which affects >0.5 billion people worldwide, results from the inability of beta cells in the pancreatic islets to provide the body with enough insulin to maintain blood glucose levels within the range for a healthy life.
Heidelberg scientists discover new DNA repair mechanism: Possible therapeutic approach for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis / Lung damage almost completely healed in animal experiments / Results published in Nucleic Acids Research
Women with Diabetes: 50 Percent Increased Risk of Stroke
Düsseldorf
Women with diabetes have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Studies from the German Diabetes Center show that the risk of stroke is 50 percent higher in women with diabetes than in women without diabetes. In the long…
German Diabetes Study Welcomes the Thousandth Study Participant in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Around 6.5 million people in Germany have diabetes. Thus, Germany ranks second in Europe in the number of cases of the disease. The German Diabetes Study, which has been conducted for more than ten years at the German Diabetes Center…
Diabetes-related Mortality in Germany Higher Than Expected
Düsseldorf
In Germany, nationwide data on mortality attributable to diagnosed diabetes are not available. Researchers at the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) in Düsseldorf have now calculated that a total of around 175,000 deaths were associated with…
DDZ Researcher Receives 1.5 Million Euros in EU Funding
Düsseldorf
Dr. Bengt-Frederik Belgardt, deputy director of the Institute for Beta Cell Biology at the German Diabetes Center (Deutsches Diabetes Zentrum, DDZ), has received a Starting Grant of approximately 1.5 million euros from the European…
Scientists of the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) are calling on all adults to participate in the Citizen Science project DIRIKO. The objective of the project is to improve communication regarding diabetes risk in the…
Diabetes Researcher Professor Hans-Georg Joost Awarded the Von Mering Gold Medal
Düsseldorf
The Potsdam-based diabetes researcher Professor Hans-Georg Joost, founding member and board member of diabetesDE - German Diabetes Aid, ombudsperson of the Leibniz Association and former scientific director of the German Institute of Human…
On the Trail of Sugar – Magic Show for World Children’s Day
Düsseldorf
The initiative "SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit." of the German Diabetes Center invited the participating primary schools to the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf on the occasion of the World Children's Day on September 20, 2017.
Dr. Nikolay Ninov, group leader at the DFG research center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Cluster of Excellence at the TU Dresden, and Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden (PLID), and his group developed a system called “Beta-bow”,…
Treatment of Overweight: Is Metabolically Healthy Obesity a Worthwhile Initial Goal?
Tübingen
Worldwide nearly one in three individuals is obese. The consequence: More and more people suffer from diseases associated with morbid overweight such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack or stroke. Despite the well-known health…
When referee legend Walter Eschweiler, cult reporter Werner Hansch,"Euro Fighter" Ingo Anderbrügge, the honorary captain of Fortuna Düsseldorf Gerd Zewe, Hockey Olympic bronze medal winner Timur Oruz and cult policeman "Toto" Torsten Heim…
Immune cells help fat deal with environmental challenges
Neuherberg
Immunosuppressive regulatory T-cells play an important role in the functioning of adipose tissue. This is the discovery of scientists from the Helmholtz Diabetes Center (HDC) at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of…
DZD Scientist Matthias Tschöp to Receive Carus Medal
Neuherberg
For the first time, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina will award the Carus Medal to a diabetes researcher. This year’s award will go to Professor Matthias Tschöp for his outstanding research on diabetes and metabolism.…
Brown adipose tissue is considered an interesting target for the treatment of obesity or type 2 diabetes. Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (IDO), partner in the German Center for Diabetes…
DDZ Introduces Germany-Wide Initiative “Diabetes – Not Only a Question of Type”
Düsseldorf
In Germany, 600,000 people are newly diagnosed with diabetes each year. The disease can have a significant impact on the lives of those affected and their quality of life. Apart from the burden of the disease, the costs of medical care for…
Enzyme produced in the liver promotes obesity, fatty liver disease and insulin resistance
Potsdam-Rehbrücke
In mice that are given a high-fat diet, an increased production of the enzyme DPP4* by the liver promotes an increase in body fat, the development of fatty liver disease and insulin resistance. These were the findings of a current…
Nearly One in Four Hospitalized Patients Has Diabetes
Tübingen
One in four patients in a university hospital suffers from diabetes (22 percent), and again as many suffer from prediabetes (24 percent). These were the findings of a current study by researchers in Tübingen of the German Center for Diabetes…
Organ Crosstalk: Fatty Liver Can Cause Damage to Other Organs
Tübingen
The consensus among scientists until now has been that overweight people have an increased risk for diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure and heart attack. However, studies show that not only the extent, but above all the location and…
Inflammatory processes in the liver lead to elevated cholesterol levels in people with diabetes, thus promoting subsequent vascular diseases. This is the result of a study by scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische Universität…
Characteristics of metabolically unhealthy lean people
Tübingen
Compared to people who are of normal weight and metabolically healthy, subjects who are of normal weight but metabolically unhealthy (~20% of normal weight adults) have a more than three-fold higher risk of mortality and/or cardiovascular…
The German Council of Science and Humanities Lauds the German Centers for Health Research: Promising Model for Medical Research
Neuherberg
The German Council of Science and Humanities has given the German Centers for Health Research (DZG) a positive assessment in recognition of the DZG’s outstanding achievements. According to the Council, the DZG are a suitable model to…
The school children participating in the initiative "SMS. Be smart. Join In. Be fit." of the German Diabetes Center gain insight into the production of bakery products.
The New Biennial Report of the German Institute of Human Nutrition Has Now Been Published
Potsdam-Rehbrücke
The new Biennial Report 2015-2016 of the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE), a member of the Leibniz Association, can now be accessed via the link…
Joint Initiative to Get Düsseldorf Primary School Children Moving
Düsseldorf
The initiative “SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit." of the German Diabetes Center has joined up with the project “Wanted: Sandlot Football Heroes" to promote regular physical exercise among primary school children.
Top Athletes Help Düsseldorf Primary School Kids Get Fit
Düsseldorf
The children participating in the initiative “SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit.” of the German Diabetes Center gain insight into the lives of top athletes.
Family Friendly: the DDZ Receives berufundfamilie Certificate
Düsseldorf
Nowadays it is not always easy to reconcile work, family and one’s private life. However, employers have a variety of solutions at their disposal to improve work-life balance. There are a lot of adjustments which can be made to ensure…
How Insuline in the Brain May Suppress the Subjective Feeling of Hunger
Tübingen
Insulin in the brain may help regulate the hunger sensation and improve functional connectivity in certain cognitive brain regions (default-mode network, DMN *) as well as in the hippocampus and hypothalamus. This is the finding of a new…
Professor Norbert Stefan of University Hospital Tübingen has been awarded the 2017 Werner Creutzfeld Prize of the German Diabetes Association for his outstanding research work on the “identification of phenotypes of prediabetes and type 2…
Carolin Daniel Receives 2017 Ernst Friedrich Pfeiffer Prize
Neuherberg
The German Diabetes Association (DDG) has awarded Dr. Carolin Daniel of Helmholtz Zentrum München the 2017 Ernst Friedrich Pfeiffer Prize. The award ceremony took place at the DDG Annual Meeting on May 25, 2017 in Hamburg.
Excellent Beta Cell Research: Dr. Bengt-Frederik Belgardt Receives the 2017 Hellmut Mehnert Project Grant
Düsseldorf
At this year’s Annual Meeting of the German Diabetes Association (DDG) in Hamburg, Dr. Bengt-Frederik Belgardt received the 2017 Hellmut Mehnert Project Grant of the DDG. Currently the Deputy Director of the Institute for Beta Cell Biology…
Professor Michael Roden Awarded the 2017 Paul Langerhans Medal of the German Diabetes Association
Düsseldorf
Professor Michael Roden, board member of the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) – Leibniz Institute for Diabetes Research, director of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology at Düsseldorf University Hospital and board member of the…
Primary School Children Visit the Botanical Garden: “Bananas and Tomatoes Don’t Grow in the Supermarket”
Düsseldorf
Tomatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers: The three nightshade plants originally come from Central and South America. Nowadays however, depending on the variety, they can be cultivated and harvested in Germany. The primary school children of the…
Awards for Excellent Research: Six Prizes for DZD Scientists
Neuherberg
The German Diabetes Association (DDG) will honor several researchers of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) at the DDG Congress in Hamburg on May 24th -27th. The highest distinction of the DDG, the Paul Langerhans Medal, goes to…
The DZD at the DDG Diabetes Congress: Diabetes Epidemic: Trend Reversal through Translational Research
Neuherberg
Diabetes mellitus has become a major health problem throughout the world. In Germany alone almost one in ten people suffers from the metabolic disease. The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) will present current research findings…
Prof. Matthias Tschöp, Director of the Helmholtz Diabetes Center at Helmholtz Zentrum München, was awarded the 2017 Hansen Family Award. The prize endowed with 75,000 euros recognizes his discoveries in gut-brain signaling and the…
Renowned Diabetes Experts and Young Researchers Exchange Ideas
Neuherberg
More than 80 young scientists from all over the world informed themselves about the current status of diabetes research at the DZD Diabetes Research School DRS17 and the subsequent Insulin Receptor Meeting IR 2017, which took place from…
Scientific Symposium by the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) „Diabetesepidemie – Trendwende durch translationale Forschung“, Friday, May 26, 2017, 10:30 h to 12:00 h, room "Stolte", Neue Messe Hamburg. (German only)
Racing against Diabetes: DDZ Relay Teams Run in the Marathon in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
In sunny but windy weather, two relay teams of the German Diabetes Center took part on Sunday, April 30th, in the Metro Group Marathon in Düsseldorf. Altogether, eight runners took off at the starting line along with 12,000 other relay…
Fatty Acids in the Blood Reflect the Amount of Dietary Fiber Intake
Potsdam-Rehbrücke
To estimate dietary fiber intake, researchers have previously depended on study participants’ self-reports of their dietary habits. Now scientists from the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), a partner in the DZD, have found…
The swollen colon – cause of chronic inflammation discovered
Neuherberg
Researchers at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München have discovered that too much of the oncogene Bcl-3 leads to chronic…
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Inspiring Kids to Eat Healthy Food
Düsseldorf
The children participating in the initiative “SMS. Be Smart. Join In. Be Fit.” earn their “aid” nutrition pilot license.
Brown adipose tissue is considered a pharmacologically interesting target structure to treat obesity. When the "good" brown fat is activated, the metabolism is boosted, and the "bad" white fat deposits are broken down. Scientists led by…
Diabetes Drug May Improve Bone Fat-induced Defects of Fracture Healing
Potsdam-Rehbrücke
Potsdam-Rehbruecke – A new study led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), a partner of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), shows that gliptins – well known from diabetes treatment – may oppose the…
