2025-11-12

From basic science to breakthrough solutions for diabetes

Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing diseases in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people living with the condition has quadrupled globally since the 1980s. Several major research projects at Stockholm University are exploring fundamental factors that may help prevent or even reverse diabetes, including approaches that aim to activate the body’s own immune system.

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2025-11-12

Sons of mothers with type 1 diabetes show early signs of vascular dysfunction

A new study reveals that sons born to mothers with type 1 diabetes may develop early vascular dysfunction – independently of metabolic health. The finding may help shape future strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease early in life.

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2025-11-12

Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute

Studying the link between gut microbiota and allergy risk

Human microbiota-associated (HMA) models are used to allow in vivo studies of the human gut microbiome and its effects on host physiology. In particular, alterations in early life microbiota have been linked to allergy development during childhood. In this study, we investigated how pools of human microbiota collected from infants with different allergy risk thrive in mice and their offspring, as well as how they influence the host metabolome.