Welcome to the November 2024 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association’s podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the November 2024 issue of Diabetes.

3:45 After a quick rundown of our hosts' Halloween plans, this month’s episode begins with a special offer from the ADA for new and renewing members: a 15% discount on a 1- or 2-year membership. Go to professional.diabetes.org/membership, create your account, fill out the application, and use the discount code ‘FALL24’ at checkout. Act fast because this offer expires November 30, 2024!

5:00 Darleen and Kirk speak with Dr. Nicholas Maxwell, postdoctoral fellow at Duke University School of Medicine, and Claudia Grillo, a research associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience at the University of Southern Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia. They are lead author and corresponding author, respectively, of the article “Leptin Activation of Dorsal Raphe Neurons Inhibits Feeding Behavior.” This article is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db24-0207.

27:05 Our hosts discuss the November issue’s Paper of the Month, “Deciphering the Connection Between Microvascular Damage and Neurodegeneration in Early Diabetic Retinopathy.” They’re joined by senior author, Dr. Marcus Fruttiger, Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology at the Institue of Ophthalmology, University College, London. This study is available at doi.org/10.2337/db24-0107.

50:25 Finally, in honor of World Diabetes Awareness Day on November 14, as well as National Diabetes Month, this month’s Sweet Talk segment features Dr. Giles Yeo, a geneticist and obesity researcher from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Yeo discusses how genetic variations contribute to obesity, appetite control, and metabolic health.

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Welcome to the October 2024 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association’s podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the October 2024 issue of Diabetes and interview a Pathway to Stop Diabetes award winner.

4:05 This month’s episode begins with a special offer from the ADA for new and renewing members: a 15% discount on a 1- or 2-year membership. Go to professional.diabetes.org/membership, create your account, fill out the application, and use the discount code ‘FALL24’ at checkout. Act fast because this offer expires November 30, 2024!

5:15 Darleen and Kirk speak with Dr. Magnus Grøndahl, faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and doctor of medicine at University of Copenhagen, about his paper, “Glucagon Clearance Is Decreased in Chronic Kidney Disease but Preserved in Liver Cirrhosis.” This article is available for free at doi.org/10.2337/db24-0305.

19:05 Our hosts discuss a featured article entitled “Cryopreservation of Stem Cell–Derived β-Like Cells Enriches for Insulin-Producing Cells With Improved Function.” They’re joined by the study’s lead author, Dr. Jessie Barra, and corresponding author—as well as Barra’s mentor—Dr. Holger Russ. This study is available at doi.org/10.2337/db24-0346.

35:00 Finally, just in time for National Vision Awareness Month, a Sweet Talk segment first: a discussion on the important topic of diabetic retinopathy. Dr. Siddharth Sunilkumar and Dr. Michael Dennis discuss their Perspectives article, “REDD1 Is a Promising Therapeutic Target to Combat the Development of Diabetes Complications: A Report on Research Supported by Pathway to Stop Diabetes,” funded by the ADA Pathway to Stop Diabetes Initiator Award, which was given to Dr. Dennis in 2014. This article is freely accessible at doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0013.

To learn more about Diabetes and DiabetesBio, please visit diabetesjournals.org/diabetes. Thank you for listening, and don’t forget to smash that “follow” button!

Welcome to the September 2024 episode of DiabetesBio—the American Diabetes Association’s podcast for its flagship research publication, Diabetes. In this episode of DiabetesBio, Drs. Kirk Habegger, Darleen Sandoval, and Kevin Williams discuss the latest and greatest content in the September 2024 issue of Diabetes and interview a Pathway to Stop Diabetes award winner.

4:20: Darleen and Kirk are joined by Jose A. Ortiz and Hsun Teresa Ku, first and last authors of “Trefoil Factor 2 Expressed by the Murine Pancreatic Acinar Cells Is Required for the Development of Islets and for β-Cell Function During Aging.” This article is an editor-selected feature article and is freely accessible at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0490.

25:07: Kirk and Darleen talk to Adrian Vella, last author of “The Longitudinal Effect of Diabetes-Associated Variation in TCF7L2 on Islet Function in Humans.” This article is also an editor-selected feature article and is freely accessible at https://doi.org/10.2337/db24-0192.

50:21: In this month’s Sweet Talk segment, Kevin chats with Matthew J. Webber, a 2019 Pathway to Stop Diabetes Accelerator Award winner, about his research on materials that can sense and respond to changing glucose.

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