Professor Dorothy Hodgkin worked out what insulin looks like, unlocking treatments for people with diabetes for years to come. We think it’s high time we celebrated her achievements and made her the face of the new £50 note. An atomic pioneer Professor Dorothy Hodgkin was a chemist and an innovator of X-ray crystallography. “What’s that?”…

You might have seen today’s exciting news about Type 2 diabetes remission: NHS England has committed to piloting a Type 2 diabetes remission programme in 2019. With similar commitments from NHS Scotland earlier this year, you might be wondering what this means for you… Our research into action This is fantastic news. Last year, we…

Many of you will have seen media coverage this morning and over the weekend outlining some of the negative response we’ve seen to our announcement last week to partner with Britvic Plc. Open dialogue is absolutely vital in helping us achieve our charitable mission, so I want to use this blog to address some of…

We’re looking at what stops you becoming more active and what changes you can make that will benefit you if you’re living with diabetes. It can be hard to motivate yourself to become more active. But we’re hoping to change that for you with our new videos and advice on moving more and getting active…

The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) conference drew to a close in Berlin last week. Anna Morris, our Assistant Director of Research Strategy and Partnership, was there to bring us back the latest diabetes research news. First up, Type 1 highlights. Evidence continues to build for the artificial pancreas In 2017 the…

We’ve already brought you the big Type 1 research stories from an action packed few days at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Berlin. This time we’re talking Type 2. Anna Morris, our Assistant Director of Research Strategy and Partnership, wraps-up the research developments that caught her eye. Do some people…