Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC)

Insulin in vials
June 15, 2017

VUMC team’s discovery could lead to new diabetes treatment

By Bill Snyder
June 8, 2017

NIDDK renews Vanderbilt’s diabetes research grant

The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (VDRTC) is celebrating its 44th year of operation with a five-year competitive renewal of its $9 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

By Jill Clendening
Insulin in vials
December 8, 2016

Making human beta cells reproduce

A new method developed at Vanderbilt will speed the search for potential therapeutics for diabetes: compounds that stimulate the replication of insulin-producing beta cells.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 24, 2016

Gifts highlight strong, lasting bonds between patients and healers

Sometimes saying thank you just isn’t enough.

By Nancy Humphrey
December 10, 2015

Diabetes Day

Service and research achievement was recognized recently during the annual Diabetes Day sponsored by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center and the Vanderbilt Center for Diabetes Translation Research.

By VUMC News and Communications
slim to overweight
December 19, 2013

Bariatric surgery’s metabolic impact to be explored

Vanderbilt University researchers have received a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a mouse model of the metabolic and hormonal changes caused by bariatric surgery.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 5, 2013

Day of events highlights efforts to fight diabetes

Vanderbilt University’s contributions to the field of diabetes — past and present — were celebrated recently during the annual Diabetes Day at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center.
By Bill Snyder
November 14, 2013

Diabetes Center to celebrate major milestones

The Vanderbilt Diabetes Center is celebrating two significant milestones this month.
By Bill Snyder
October 24, 2013

Study sheds new light on type 2 diabetes development

Inactivation by oxidative stress of specific transcription factors essential for pancreatic islet beta cell function is a key event in the development of type 2 diabetes, Vanderbilt University researchers and their colleagues have found.
By Bill Snyder