Press Releases 2023 | DZD - Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung

Mannheim/Heidelberg

What role do omega-6 fatty acids play in cardiovascular disease and diabetes? Scientists from Mannheim, together with researchers from Heidelberg, Frankfurt and Hangzhou in China, have investigated the breakdown of omega-6 fatty…

Prof. Michael Laxy (rechts) und Karl Emmert-Fees

München

A simulation study conducted by a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) demonstrates that a soft drink tax in Germany would have significant positive effects. In all of the simulated variants evaluated, less sugar was consumed…

Neuherberg

The increasing amount of patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes benefit greatly from the recently developed GIPR:GLP-1R co-agonists. These novel compounds lead to substantial weight loss, offering a revolutionary approach to patients…

Hamburg / Düsseldorf

The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) has named Dr. med. Theresia Sarabhai as the recipient of its Rising Star Award 2023. In conjunction, Sarabhai also received a coveted EFSD Fellowship for her research on…

Tübingen /Düsseldorf

In recent years, new insights have been gained into the heterogeneity of diabetes and its impact on the risk of complications. This is resulting in new ways to prevent and treat diabetes. A new consensus report on precision…

Hamburg

The annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) will be held in Hamburg this year. A scientific programme with more than 1,200 lectures and presentations on the latest findings in diabetes research awaits…

Tübingen

Prediabetes is a condition that precedes type 2 diabetes and increases the risk of heart attack, kidney and eye disease, and several types of cancer. Currently, there is no approved drug therapy for prediabetes available. Scientists at the…

Neuherberg / Potsdam-Rehbrücke

How do our muscles respond at the molecular level to exercise? Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) have unraveled the cellular basis and signaling pathways responsible for…

Potsdam-Rehbrücke

How do we eat in harmony with our inner clock? Which diet promotes healthy aging? And what influence did nutrition have on our well-being during the pandemic? The new annual report of the German Institute of Human Nutrition…

Potsdam-Rehbrücke

There is mounting evidence that gut-derived peptide hormones significantly affect the entire body. By binding themselves to the respective receptors in the brain, the hormones can, among other things, modulate food intake and…

Leipzig

Prof. Dr. Antje Körner started as head of the Metabolism Division at the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) on July 1, 2023. Professor Antje Körner, a renowned scientist and pediatrician, has joined…

Munich

According to the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), around 7.2 percent of adults aged 18 to 79 in Germany suffer from diabetes mellitus. 90 to 95 percent of them have type 2 diabetes. It is caused on the one hand by a reduced sensitivity…

Potsdam-Rehbrücke

To help prevent a further dramatic increase in obesity, a new European research project aims to tackle the disease during childhood. To mark the start of the five-year OBELISK project, which involves researchers from the German…

Neuherberg

Tirzepatide is a recently approved treatment for type-2 diabetes. Treatment with tirzepatide decreases body weight while improving glucose metabolism in patients with obesity and type-2 diabetes. Although the drug is designed to activate…

Baden-Baden

The brain determines whether the metabolism is functioning. If it does not react with sufficient sensitivity to insulin, liver, adipose, and muscle tissues are unable to absorb enough glucose causing an increase in blood sugar levels.…

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Berlin / Düsseldorf

The young researcher Dr. Kálmán Bódis was awarded the German Diabetes Association (DDG) doctoral prize for his doctoral thesis investigating the effects of lipid and energy metabolism disorders on subcutaneous adipose tissue…

Berlin / Neuherberg

The German Diabetes Association (DDG) awards this year's Werner Creutzfeldt Prize to Helmholtz Munich scientist PD Dr Timo Müller for his exceptional work in the research field of Incretin-based diabetes and obesity. This is…

Düsseldorf / Berlin

Classifying diabetes mellitus into subtypes can be the basis for the tailored management of those affected consistent with “precision diabetology.” The goal for the future is early detection of diabetes-related secondary diseases…

Berlin

Under the banner “Diversity & Individuality – Rethinking Diabetes”, the 57th annual conference of the German Diabetes Association (DDG) will take place in Berlin from May 17 to 20, 2023. Researchers from the German Center for Diabetes Research…

Neuherberg / Düsseldorf

How does physical activity affect blood sugar levels? Do different things have to be taken into account depending on the type of diabetes? How can I incorporate regular exercise into my daily routine?

On June 15, from 4 pm to…

Tübingen / Potsdam-Rehbrücke

Lean, metabolically unhealthy, people have a risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that is higher than the risk observed in obese, metabolically healthy people. Recently, novel cluster analyses (computer-based grouping of…

Berlin / Neuherberg

Patients can participate in medical research as active partners. Researchers should consider their needs and their unique expertise in the research process, as it is a valuable resource. The Health Research Forum published a…

Potsdam-Rehbrücke

Polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid levels have previously been linked to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. But what matters is which class of plasma lipids is being looked at. Certain lipids can act as biomarkers to better…

Neuherberg

This is what ideal medicine would look like: Doctors could specifically alter molecular processes in diseased cells in the body and thus causally cure patients. This is the goal of the German Centers for Health Research (DZG) in the…

Düsseldorf

Using the sixty-three million people with statutory health insurance as a basis, the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) has compiled the first study of trends associated with the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Germany over a period of six…

Neuherberg

Sex differences exist in the regulation of energy homeostasis, the organism’s mechanism to keep a stable body weight. Current studies indicate for instance that female mammals, including humans, are better protected against metabolic…

Augsburg / Neuherberg

Scientists at the University of Augsburg and Helmholtz Munich have made an important breakthrough in better understanding early processes in the development of type 2 diabetes by identifying a previously unknown transmission of…

Munich / Tübingen

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an important risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In a Perspective in Cell Metabolism, Norbert Stefan from the University of Tübingen, Helmholtz Munich and the…

Düsseldorf

Recent results from the prospective population-based KORA F4/FF4 study have linked environmental risk factors with the onset of distal symmetrical polyneuropathy (DSPN) for the first time. Researchers of the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) in…

Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease

Sugar Tax Could Save As Much As 16 Billion Euros

Understanding the Role of GIP in Managing Diabetes and Obesity

Dr. Theresia Sarabhai Receives EASD Rising Star Award 2023

New Consensus Report: an Important Step Towards Precision Medicine in Diabetes

EASD Annual Meeting 2023: Several Awards for DZD Researchers

New Study Advocates Remission as Therapeutic Goal in Prediabetes

Exercise and Muscle Regulation: Implications for Diabetes and Obesity

DIfE Annual Report 2021-2022 published

Expression Patterns of Key Receptors Revealed in the Hypothalamus

Antje Körner to Head the Metabolism Division at HI-MAG

Health Economic Impact of Improved Risk Factor Control in Type 2 Diabetes

DIfE is Participating in the OBELISK Project for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity

Unraveling the Mode of Action of Tirzepatide

Diabetes Begins in the Brain – The Latest Research Findings at the DGE Congress

Focus on Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: DDG Doctoral Prize for Dr. Kálmán Bódis

Timo Müller Awarded with Werner Creutzfeldt Prize

Diabetes Subtypes: The DDZ Presents an Innovative Clustering Tool for Diabetes Professionals

DDG Diabetes Congress 2023: “Diversity & Individuality – Rethinking Diabetes”

diabinfo in Dialog 2023: Exercise as a Miracle Cure

Metabolic Health and Cardiometabolic Risk Clusters Help to Remodel the Prediction and Therapy of Cardiometabolic Diseases

German Centers for Health Research Support Declaration on Patient Participation of the Health Research Forum

Type 2 Diabetes: Omega-6 Fatty Acids in Lipid Fractions as a Biomarker for the Risk of Disease

Overcoming Professional Boundaries - DZG Fund Joint Project on Gene and Cell Therapy

Falling Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Despite High Prevalence – A Reason for Hope?

Cited1 Links Sex and Metabolic Hormones to Protect Against Obesity

Insulin Secretion: Messages from Adipose Tissue

NAFLD - Hepatokines Mediate its Impact on Metabolic Diseases and Help to Identify Subtypes

Not Only a Complication of Diabetes: Environmental Pollution Identified as a Trigger for Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy

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