A proof-of-concept study by DDA-funded Visiting Professor Sam El-Osta’s team demonstrates that ductal cells derived from the human pancreas can be influenced by pharmacological stimulation to regenerate beta-like cells that functionally release insulin. – While pharmaceutical options receive warranted attent...

The Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy’s Advisory Board is now complete with the announcement of five international members; Nicolas Dumoulin, Vet Met, PhD, Niki Karavitaki, MSc, PhD, Marta Korbonits, MD, PhD, Alan Moses, MD, and Mikael Ryden, MD, PhD. The aim of the Advisory Board ...

Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) is excited to support two new research and networking activities through the new funding scheme ‘Funding for Education and Networking Activities’. ‘Both supported activities will form the basis for new national as well as international collaborations within the fiel...

A Danish Diabetes Academy-funded postdoc project by researcher Rasmus Wibaek and colleagues recently published in Diabetologia gains special attention. The study used data from as far back as 1939 to examine the association between birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes. For every kilogram added to the birth weigh...

Obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and hormone-related diseases are closely related and growing in number of affected individuals worldwide. This is reflected in the 13 million Danish kroner research grant allocation from the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) to 13 Danish and international early-career res...

PhD Student and Danish Diabetes Academy grantee Mark P.P. Lyngbæk shares his insights from a study recently published in Nature Metabolism. People with type 2 diabetes benefit greatly from both exercising and dietary weight loss. It may help them reduce or even discontinue their medication. And a little goes a long...

Direct patient involvement in health research can have great advantages. Ph.D. Student Caroline Bruun Abild has first-hand experience from a recent qualitative study on disordered eating in people with type 1 diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes have an increased risk of disordered eating and eating disorders. This...

Motherhood comes with a million questions: How much should my baby sleep? How often should I change their diaper? To mothers with type 1 diabetes, however, motherhood comes with the additional question of: If I breastfeed my baby, does it affect my blood glucose levels and health? DDA-funded PhDs Gitte Øskov Skajaa...

How many people live with diabetes in Denmark? What is the distribution across geography? And how many have an average blood sugar level ≤ 53 or retinopathy? For the first time, it is now possible to get a full picture of diabetes in Denmark in just one place. The Danish Diabetes Association has just launched...

Since the 19th century, lactate has been regarded as a simple waste product of cellular metabolism. In fact, it is still by many people believed to bring about that tickling feeling of burning muscles you get during exhaustive exercise. Yet, within the last two decades, the view of lactate has changed tremendou...