News about Diabetes

Anthropological image wins best scientific photo of the year award

The Danish National Research Foundation's award for best scientific photo in 2023 tells the story of a diabetes epidemic that has gone global.

Bartender model predicts how drugs affect each person

A model based on numerous studies of people with type 2 diabetes can make a new type of prediction: how a certain drug would affect each person at the molecular biological level.

Bartender model predicts how drugs affect each person

A model based on numerous studies of people with type 2 diabetes can make a new type of prediction: how a certain drug would affect each person at the molecular biological level.

"We have miscalculated for decades – half of an insulin dose may not work as expected"

New research suggests that a large portion of a diabetic's insulin dose is unlikely to work as expected. University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered that we have miscalculated insulin behavior for many years.…

ERC awards grant to counteract metabolic diseases

UCPH researcher Zach Gerhart-Hines from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receives the prestigious European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant.

Promise of better treatment for diabetes in Greenland after discovery of widespread genetic variant

An international team of researchers have discovered a new genetic variant that is responsible for close to 7% of all cases of diabetes in Greenland.

“If fixing metabolic diseases was easy, someone would have done it by now”

Associate Professor Jordi Merino relocates from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, to start a new group at CBMR that will focus on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying metabolic disease and response to…

Mexicans should consume less ultra-processed products – especially pregnant women

Ultra-processed products negatively impact Mexican pregnant women, and Mexico could learn a great deal from Denmark when it comes to living a healthier life, says Adriana Granich, a Mexican epidemiologist and medical…

Stung by a scorpion while doing research in Tanzania

Line Hjort studies diabetes and pregnancy, and is working on the Tanzania study. Read more about her research career and motivations here.

Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg receives the Young Researcher Award from the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation

Postdoc Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg has received the Young Researcher Award from the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation for her research in whether gut hormones can be used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Considering the microbiota of mice can dramatically reduce the number of animals to be used in diabetes studies

Globally, there is a call for reducing the number of animals for research. On the other side.....

"It’s really nice to be able to spread my wings and not just work in the lab."

Emilie Glad Bak joined CBMR as a PhD Student working on human microbiomes and viromes, and after she joined SNIPR Biome to setup their Scientific Affairs division.

Jonas Salling Quist has been appointed assistant professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences

Jonas Salling Quist becomes assistant professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Jonas research addresses prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity with a focus on nutrition, physical activity,…

Cancer increases the risk of developing diabetes

Cancer patients are at a greater risk for developing diabetes, according to a new study by the Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, and the University of Copenhagen. The study also concludes that cancer…

Cancer increases the risk of developing diabetes

Cancer patients are at a greater risk for developing diabetes, according to a new study by the Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, and the University of Copenhagen. The study also concludes that cancer…

AKC on the radio

August Kroghs Nobel prize was celebrated in a special edition of the DR radioshow "Sygt nok".

Interval training lowers blood sugar and reduces fat in type 2 diabetes patients

Type 2 diabetics can achieve significant results across several health parameters through interval training shows a new study from the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen. The ne…

August Krogh still relevant 100 years later

In this podcast, Professor Christopher Ellis talks about how August Krogh's research has shaped the current understanding of the blood circulatory system and how the field has progressed.

Niels Grarup wins Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research

CBMR's Niels Grarup has won the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research for his work with the increase in type 2 diabetes in Greenland.

Inside the CBMR (un)Conference

On November 29, CBMR came together for its first (un)Conference, a teambuilding day with sessions that were crowdsourced entirely by the staff themselves.

Maasai men develop lifestyle diseases during calorie-saturated health refuge

Every year, many Maasai men go on a four-week long health refuge in the bush. Here, they consume huge amounts of meat and eat herbs.

Celebration of 100 year anniversary of August Krogh's Nobel Prize

Novo Nordisk Foundation supports August Krogh Club to arrange a series of seminars and symposia in celebration of the 100 year anniversary of August Krogh's Nobel Prize in 1920.

AMPK – the enzyme that makes physical activity healthy

Physical activity benefits diabetics and others with insulin resistance. One of the reasons is that a single bout of physical activity increases the effectiveness of insulin. Thus, physical activity helps to reduce the…

Proper diet and exercise to limit diabetes epidemic

The number of diabetics worldwide is exploding. In response, the largest study of its kind to date is set to investigate type-2 diabetes prevention through diet, exercise and lifestyle.