Type 2 diabetes
What is Type 2 diabetes?
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Garvan: a world-class centre for type 2 diabetes research
There's a very high incidence of T2D, with more than 350 million sufferers worldwide. While there have been no new treatments for decades, at Garvan, new work is shedding light on the links between genetics, epigenetics, weight, metabolism and insulin resistance, to point the way to earlier and better prevention and more personalised treatment. Garvan’s type 2 diabetes research is conducted in Garvan’s Diabetes and Metabolism theme, where nearly 100 research scientists and clinicians work together to understand the complexity of metabolic disease.
Our type 2 diabetes research