Researchers in Professor P-O Berggren’s group proposed utilizing InSight Technology to answer questions of islet development during infancy and puberty and to describe a ”point-of-no-return” for islet development programming. The commentary is published in Molecular Metabolism in January 2013. Genes and obesity are two major factors that contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes …

Professor Per-Olof Berggren has received 4 major distinctions during 2012:  Alex Hirsch from Karolinska Institutet, Wallenberg Scholars, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Advanced Grant and Kroc Lecture at Boston University Medical Center. Professor Berggren’s distinctions are for the following achievements: Axel Hirsch Prize from Karolinska Institutet. The prize is for scientific achievements, which are potentially of major significance to the treatment of …