NEW STUDY. A newly discovered mechanism behind reduced insulin production in type 2 diabetes is now being presented. In an article in Nature Communications, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy describe how insulin-producing cells regress in their development, become immature, and do not work properly. A finding that opens the doors to new clinical treatments. “If you can affect things at the cellular level and restore the body’s own rapid regulation, you…
New risk assessment will protect the feet of diabetes patients
THESIS. A stringently designed web form with questions about foot ulcers, deformities and neuropathy will soon be brought into use to better protect the feet of people with diabetes. The tool is a result of research conducted at Sahlgrenska Academy. “One of the reasons why patients in the risk zone are not detected in time is that there is no standardised procedure of foot examination which means risk assessment is…
Decrease in cardiovascular diseases benefits persons with diabetes
NEW STUDY. The incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Sweden has decreased sharply since the late 1990s. These are the findings of a study from Sahlgrenska Academy which included almost three million adult Swedes. In relative terms, the biggest winners are persons with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. “This is a huge improvement and a testament to the improvements in diabetes and cardiovascular care throughout Sweden,” says Aidin Rawshani, medical…
Anders Rosengren finds new ways of treating type-2 diabetes
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. The diabetes research at the University of Gothenburg has now been strengthened with the physician Anders Rosengren, who has been recruited to join the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine. Anders Rosengren’s research is already well on the way to identifying new treatments for type-2 diabetes. Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease in the world. It is a metabolism disease where the basic problem is that…
Start for new specialist training focused on diabetes care
EDUCATION. On August 30, University West is starting its new Postgraduate Program in Specialist Nursing within Diabetes Care, 60 HE credits. The program is being offered in collaboration with the University of Gothenburg, University West, and the University Skövde. All of the universities has seen a large number of applicants and ten students per university have been accepted to the program. To meet the demand for diabetes expertise within health and…