The Shift-Diabetes research team at King’s College London is working to understand more about how night work influences diet and blood sugar levels in people living with type 2 diabetes.

A new study funded by us has shown that certain diabetes medications

We’re putting the spotlight on one of our many inspirational female researchers, who is working to improve the care of women with diabetes during pregnancy, to mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Over a third of people living with diabetes in the UK are over the age of 65 but we don’t know enough about how to help people with diabetes age well.

A new study from our researchers has discovered that genes which control where our body fat is stored play a direct role in causing type 2 diabetes.

The UK’s largest-ever health research programme, called Our Future Health, aims to recruit up to five million adults from across the UK.

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

Our research has revealed that having higher levels of fat in the liver, and having a smaller pancreas, directly increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Research we've funded has shown for the first time the scale and impact of MACS, a hormonal condition, that's linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. 

Our researchers have found a way to activate a fuel gauge in the brain that could help in the development of new treatments to prevent low blood sugars.