Episode Details

Welcome to the February 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 February 2024 issue of Diabetes. 

2:25: To kick things off, Darleen and Kirk are joined by Dr. Satya Dash of University Health Network and the Banting & Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto. Dr. Dash is the senior author of "Erythritol as a Potential Causal Contributor to Cardiometabolic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study." Do low-calorie sweeteners possibly contribute to cardiometabolic disease? Listen to hear about the results of Dr. Dash's study. This article can be freely accessed at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0330. 

14:52: Next, the Big 10 is well represented when Darleen and Kirk meet with Drs. Jeffrey Hodgin (University of Michigan) and Alan Attie (University of Wisconsin) to discuss their fascinating collaboration on their "Genetic Analysis of Obesity-Induced Diabetic Nephropathy in BTBR Mice." Drs. Hodgin and Attie's study can be freely accessed at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0444.