Overview: NIDDK Recent Advances and Emerging Opportunities (2008)
This publication highlights recent research that is helping to improve people’s health. Shown on this page are recent research advances, “stories of discovery,” and scientific presentations that describe some of the exciting research being conducted by NIDDK-supported scientists. You can find more research advances and opportunities, as well as profiles of patients, in the full document.
Stories of DiscoveryStories of scientific breakthroughs that reveal the ways that profound new insights emerge from research efforts over time
- Biology of Insulin Secretion and Treatment of Neonatal Diabetes
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Research Advances
- Polycystic Kidney Disease Research
Scientific Presentations Highlights of research being conducted by NIDDK-supported scientists
- Kidney Stones as Systemic Disease
- Drug Metabolism and Diabetes
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Genetics
Featured Research Advances
Highlights of research supported by the NIDDK over the past year
- Genes that Contribute to Developing Type 2 Diabetes and Genes that Affect Treatment Outcomes
- New Gene Associated with Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility
- First Year of the Look AHEAD Trial Yields Encouraging News for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
- New Insights on the Relationship Between Obesity and Gut Bacteria
- Autophagy Is Implicated in Crohn’s Disease
- Of Mice, Fish, and Men—Multi-Species Studies Explore Impact of Intestinal Microbes
- Novel Gene Implicated in Early-Onset Kidney Disease
- Identification of New Genetic Cause of Kidney Disease
Page last updated: August 28, 2008
