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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.

New genetic calculator predicts if exercise can lower your risk of obesity

Around one-in-five Danes, who have a high genetic risk of developing obesity, are more likely to gain weight if they don’t exercise.

Danish Diabetes Academy awards DKK 1,9M for three CBMR projects

Malte Thodberg, Rikke Linnemann Nielsen and Nicholas M. Morton have all received grants from the Danish Diabetes Academy to carry out research at CBMR.

Arctic Inuit with a faulty gene could control their diabetes with an hour of daily exercise

An hour of hiking with hunting gear may be enough to help control blood glucose levels in Arctic Inuit with a faulty copy of the TBC1D4 gene, which increases their risk of type 2 diabetes.

Gene-based personalised medicine to treat diabetes

A new project will draw on the genetic information of diabetes patients so that doctors can provide them with personalized treatment.

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.