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We take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced in June, including more manageable once-weekly insulin treatment for type 2 diabetes and promising results from beta cell therapy trials in type 1 diabetes.

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22.04.2022

How exploring caves can help us understand blood sugar control – Hol...

In my research presented at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2022 (DUKPC22), I found that cave-lik...

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14.04.2022

Clinical trial offers new COVID-19 treatments to people with diabetes

Thousands more vulnerable people are now eligible to receive the UK’s second oral (tablet) antiviral trea...

08.04.2022

“Let’s keep talking about hard things” – Laura Bull

Laura Bull, who has type 1 diabetes, told us what she thought of DUKPC.

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01.04.2022

ReTUNE study shows type 2 remission possible for people with lower bod...

Today on the last day at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference, Professor Roy Taylor has announced new ...

31.03.2022

DUKPC Digest Day 4: AI helps spot type 1 diabetes earlier and inequali...

On day 4 of our professional conference (DUKPC), scientists have shared important findings and insights a...

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30.03.2022

DUKPC Digest Day 3: New findings on Flash and updates on type 2 and fa...

On day 3 of Diabetes UK's Professional Conference (DUKPC), we heard about: findings from our clinic...

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29.03.2022

DUKPC Digest Day 2: Immunotherapy research for type 1, screening and m...

On day 2 of the Diabetes UK Professional Conference (DUKPC) we heard about exciting advances on th...

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28.03.2022

DUKPC Digest Day 1: Health inequalities, the pandemic and causes of ty...

We’ve just kicked off Diabetes UK's annual professional conference (DUKPC). It sees hundreds of healthcar...

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15.03.2022

£2.2 million NewDAWN project to help more people go in to remission

We’ve joined forces with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to fund a new £2.2 million pro...

25.02.2022

Shift-Diabetes: developing dietary support for shift-workers living wi...

The Shift-Diabetes research team at King’s College London is working to understand more about how night w...

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16.02.2022

Type 2 diabetes medications can also protect heart health

A new study funded by us has shown that certain diabetes medications can protect people living with type ...

11.02.2022

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022: Meet Professor M...

We’re putting the spotlight on one of our many inspirational female researchers, who is working to improv...

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04.02.2022

Research priorities to improve care for older people with diabetes

Over a third of people living with diabetes in the UK are over the age of 65 but we don’t know enough abo...

25.01.2022

Genes can protect some people from type 2 diabetes

A new study from our researchers has discovered that genes which control where our body fat is stored pla...

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18.01.2022

Our Future Health may hold the key to huge health discoveries

The UK’s largest-ever health research programme, called Our Future Health, aims to recruit up to five mil...

11.01.2022

We invested over £6.6 million into new diabetes research in 2021

Your donations allowed us to get 30 innovative new diabetes research projects off the ground in 2021. Our...