We set up the UK’s first diabetes Clinical Studies Groups (CSGs), tasked with creating a roadmap for future research. Together, they are looking for gaps in knowledge and priority research areas that need to be addressed in order to move care for people with diabetes forward. To do this, the groups bring together diabetes researchers,…

Recently, Type 1 diabetes hit the headlines with the media reporting that the ‘BCG vaccine can reverse Type 1 diabetes to almost undetectable levels’. Our research communications officer Lucy Trelfa takes a look behind the headlines. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Scientists…