Diabetes Research Group
The Diabetes Research Group (DRG) is a multi-disciplinary group that was established in January 2003. The key strength of the DRG is that it is cross-Faculty, with investigators from the Institute of Cellular Medicine, Institute of Health and Society and the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biosciences. This facilitates and promotes translational "bench to bedside" research that links population based studies, detailed clinical investigations and cellular and molecular studies.
Diabetes Research Themes
- Insulin secretion and delivery/gene therapy
Investigation of beta-cell function, application of stem cell biology to develop insulin secreting cells, development of alternative insulin delivery systems using gene therapy and clinical assessment of novel insulin preparations.
- Glucose homeostasis and Insulin action
Investigation of insulin action and glucose metabolism in health and disease using cell based systems (human muscle cells, hepatocytes) and by clinical investigation, including in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
- Pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications
International collaborations to define the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and diabetic nephropathy. Clinical and cell based studies of diabetic nephropathy.
More information about this area of research can be found at the Institute of Cellular Medicine, Institute of Health and Society and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biosciences
Staff List
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Professor Loranne Agius
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Dr Timothy Cheetham
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Professor Philip Home
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Dr Georg Lietz
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Professor Sally Marshall
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Dr Caroline Relton
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Professor James Shaw
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Professor Roy Taylor
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Professor Mark Walker
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Dr Jolanta Weaver
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Professor Martin White
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