Katherine Thomasset
@kaththomasset.bsky.social
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Medical copy-editor at @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social, based at University of Bristol
All views are my own
Medical copy-editor at @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social, based at University of Bristol
All views are my own
Thinking of people with #T1D and #T2D around the world on this #WorldDiabetesDay 2025, and hoping things will continue to change to improve care and well-being for all and smooth out inequalities 💙
Diabetologia supports this year’s #WorldDiabetesDay focus on diabetes and well-being. Well-being is key to people’s lived experiences of diabetes around the world, and we were honoured to explore this through the voices of PLWD in our recent special issue link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Diabetes in four dialects: a global call for equity across lived, loved, learned and laboured experiences - Diabetologia
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November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Thinking of people with #T1D and #T2D around the world on this #WorldDiabetesDay 2025, and hoping things will continue to change to improve care and well-being for all and smooth out inequalities 💙
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Echocardiography is one of the most complex medical image sets to analyze, with multiple views + cardiac motion. A new
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paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
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paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Echocardiography is one of the most complex medical image sets to analyze, with multiple views + cardiac motion. A new
@nature.com
paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
@davidouyang.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
@nature.com
paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
@davidouyang.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Based on extensive mouse studies
demonstrating miR-432 exacerbates #obesity induced dysregulation of glucose and lipid metabolism, the authors propose miR-342 antagonist to treat cardiometabolic disorders diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/art... ada.silverchair-cdn.com/ada/content_...
demonstrating miR-432 exacerbates #obesity induced dysregulation of glucose and lipid metabolism, the authors propose miR-342 antagonist to treat cardiometabolic disorders diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/art... ada.silverchair-cdn.com/ada/content_...
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Based on extensive mouse studies
demonstrating miR-432 exacerbates #obesity induced dysregulation of glucose and lipid metabolism, the authors propose miR-342 antagonist to treat cardiometabolic disorders diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/art... ada.silverchair-cdn.com/ada/content_...
demonstrating miR-432 exacerbates #obesity induced dysregulation of glucose and lipid metabolism, the authors propose miR-342 antagonist to treat cardiometabolic disorders diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/art... ada.silverchair-cdn.com/ada/content_...
Reposted by Katherine Thomasset
Up front & free to read in our Nov issue #editorspicks: GLP-1/GIP/GCG receptor triagonist (IUB447) enhances insulin secretion via GLP-1 receptor and Gαq signalling pathway in mice link.springer.com/article/10.1...
GLP-1/GIP/GCG receptor triagonist (IUB447) enhances insulin secretion via GLP-1 receptor and Gαq signalling pathway in mice - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Unimolecular peptides targeting the receptors for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon (GCG) have been shown to improve glyc...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Up front & free to read in our Nov issue #editorspicks: GLP-1/GIP/GCG receptor triagonist (IUB447) enhances insulin secretion via GLP-1 receptor and Gαq signalling pathway in mice link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Up front & free to read in our Nov issue #editorspicks: Evaluating the role of alpha cell dysregulation in the progression to type 2 diabetes using mathematical simulations link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evaluating the role of alpha cell dysregulation in the progression to type 2 diabetes using mathematical simulations - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Alpha cell dysregulation is an integral part of type 2 diabetes pathophysiology, increasing fasting as well as postprandial glucose concentrations. Alpha cell dysregulation occurs in t...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
💻🗣️ #Webinar Alert! On #WorldDiabetesDay, join the EASD Early Career Academy with Prof. Gernot Desoye (@medunigraz.at ) as he discusses how the placenta influences pregnancy outcomes & protects the fetal brain.
📅 14 Nov 2025 |🕓16:00 CET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DiabetesResearch
📅 14 Nov 2025 |🕓16:00 CET
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#DiabetesResearch
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Future approaches to the development of medicines for the treatment of #T2D #DiabetesResearch #Review
Medicines in development for type 2 diabetes promise better control of blood glucose and body weight with easier adherence and the potential to enhance protection against long-term complications and comorbidities link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
Pharmacological therapies for type 2 diabetes: future approaches - Diabetologia
Despite the availability of at least nine differently acting classes of glucose-lowering agents, many people with type 2 diabetes do not achieve or maintain sufficiently tight glycaemic control to avo...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Future approaches to the development of medicines for the treatment of #T2D #DiabetesResearch #Review
New data on atypical diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: a unique cohort with maintained C-peptide secretion in #Ghana #DiabetesResearch #T1D
#Ghana diabetes study: 2/3 of individuals with long-term #T1D maintain C-peptide levels, challenging clinical diagnosis. Better differentiation from atypical diabetes forms needed to optimise care in limited-resource settings. #DiabetesResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
Heterogeneity in clinically diagnosed type 1 diabetes: characterising a unique cohort with maintained C-peptide secretion in Ghana - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis In sub-Saharan Africa, type 1 diabetes is typically diagnosed clinically, which can be challenging due to atypical diabetes presentations such as ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes or type ...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New data on atypical diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: a unique cohort with maintained C-peptide secretion in #Ghana #DiabetesResearch #T1D
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📢 The 2nd EASD Diabetes Technology School is now open for applications:
📅 24 - 26 April 2026 |📍Vienna, Austria
A 3 day course for #healthcare professionals to enhance their expertise in #diabetes #technology.
Apply by 5 January 2026 👉 www.easd.org/education/me...
#MedicalTraining #innovation
📅 24 - 26 April 2026 |📍Vienna, Austria
A 3 day course for #healthcare professionals to enhance their expertise in #diabetes #technology.
Apply by 5 January 2026 👉 www.easd.org/education/me...
#MedicalTraining #innovation
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
📢 The 2nd EASD Diabetes Technology School is now open for applications:
📅 24 - 26 April 2026 |📍Vienna, Austria
A 3 day course for #healthcare professionals to enhance their expertise in #diabetes #technology.
Apply by 5 January 2026 👉 www.easd.org/education/me...
#MedicalTraining #innovation
📅 24 - 26 April 2026 |📍Vienna, Austria
A 3 day course for #healthcare professionals to enhance their expertise in #diabetes #technology.
Apply by 5 January 2026 👉 www.easd.org/education/me...
#MedicalTraining #innovation
Reposted by Katherine Thomasset
Our new paper in @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social shows persistent C-peptide secretion is associated with favourable CGM metrics - relevant threshold appears to be ~50pM @shareenforbeslab.bsky.social
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Persistent C-peptide secretion is associated with favourable CGM metrics in adults with type 1 diabetes - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Residual endogenous insulin secretion, reflected by measurable C-peptide, has been linked to improved glycaemic management in type 1 diabetes. We aimed to assess the relationship betwe...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our new paper in @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social shows persistent C-peptide secretion is associated with favourable CGM metrics - relevant threshold appears to be ~50pM @shareenforbeslab.bsky.social
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Adaptive mechanisms in pancreatic islets involve remodelling of defective cardiolipin, counteracting mitochondrial dysfunction in #BarthSyndrome #Islets #BetaCells #DiabetesResearch
Defective cardiolipin remodelling triggers compensatory mechanisms in #PancreaticIslets, offering insights into potential therapeutic targets for #BarthSyndrome and islet dysfunction in diabetes. #CellularAdaptation #MitochondrialResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
Adaptive mechanisms in pancreatic islets counteract mitochondrial dysfunction in Barth syndrome - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Barth syndrome is a mitochondrial disorder caused by Tafazzin (TAZ) mutations, which impair cardiolipin remodelling and contribute to systemic metabolic alterations. While islet dysfun...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Adaptive mechanisms in pancreatic islets involve remodelling of defective cardiolipin, counteracting mitochondrial dysfunction in #BarthSyndrome #Islets #BetaCells #DiabetesResearch
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Our Nov cover shows individuals from different parts of the globe facing various opportunities and challenges for the prevention and treatment of diabetes link.springer.com/journal/125/... The issue contains a collection of papers on this topic diabetologia-journal.org/collections/...
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our Nov cover shows individuals from different parts of the globe facing various opportunities and challenges for the prevention and treatment of diabetes link.springer.com/journal/125/... The issue contains a collection of papers on this topic diabetologia-journal.org/collections/...
A narrative review outlining how people identifying as a sexual or gender minority experience disparities in cardiometabolic health, including diabetes risk factors, outcomes & complications - more research is needed! #DiabetesResearch
Research demonstrates sexual or gender minority people experience disparities in cardiometabolic health, including diabetes risk factors, outcomes & complications. Now, more than ever, research is needed to assess & address these issues link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓 @laurenbbeach.bsky.social
Sexual orientation, gender identity and cardiometabolic risk: a narrative review - Diabetologia
Recent reports estimate that approximately 9% of adults globally identify as a sexual and gender minority (SGM), including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) people. While research ...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A narrative review outlining how people identifying as a sexual or gender minority experience disparities in cardiometabolic health, including diabetes risk factors, outcomes & complications - more research is needed! #DiabetesResearch
Corneas from individuals with diabetes show an increase in miRNA-10b, which may have a role in oxidative stress - blocking miRNA-10b could be a therapeutic target #DiabetesResearch #multi-omics
miRNA-10b is increased in human diabetic corneas and inhibits the oxidative stress response, suggesting that blocking miRNA-10b may offer a therapeutic strategy to restore corneal health in diabetic individuals #DiabetesResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
Oxidative stress-regulatory role of miR-10b-5p in the diabetic human cornea revealed through integrated multi-omics analysis - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Prominent features of diabetic corneal disease are oxidative stress, neuropathy and epitheliopathy including delayed wound healing and dysfunction of limbal epithelial stem cells. We h...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Corneas from individuals with diabetes show an increase in miRNA-10b, which may have a role in oxidative stress - blocking miRNA-10b could be a therapeutic target #DiabetesResearch #multi-omics
Let’s lift the curfew!
#LiftTheCurfew #ThisWomanRuns #WomenRunners #Running @thisgirlcanuk.bsky.social
#LiftTheCurfew #ThisWomanRuns #WomenRunners #Running @thisgirlcanuk.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Let’s lift the curfew!
#LiftTheCurfew #ThisWomanRuns #WomenRunners #Running @thisgirlcanuk.bsky.social
#LiftTheCurfew #ThisWomanRuns #WomenRunners #Running @thisgirlcanuk.bsky.social
Fun morning and lovely Autumn weather at the inaugural Stroud 10K this morning! #VIRunners #BlindRunners #SightedGuides #Running
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Fun morning and lovely Autumn weather at the inaugural Stroud 10K this morning! #VIRunners #BlindRunners #SightedGuides #Running
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In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
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‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
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October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
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New data on effects of prudent diet with moderate protein and moderate GI vs high-protein, low-GI diet for long-term prediabetes remission #Prediabetes #T2D #DiabetesResearch
A randomised trial showed that a prudent diet with moderate protein and moderate GI was more effective for long-term prediabetes remission than a high-protein, low-GI diet #Prediabetes #DiabetesResearch #T2D link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
Long-term effects of dietary protein and carbohydrate quality on prediabetes remission: results from the PREVIEW randomised multinational diabetes prevention trial - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Recent studies advocate prediabetes remission as a goal in diabetes prevention, but the optimal dietary composition for prediabetes remission over the long term is unknown. We aimed to...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New data on effects of prudent diet with moderate protein and moderate GI vs high-protein, low-GI diet for long-term prediabetes remission #Prediabetes #T2D #DiabetesResearch
New results on combination therapy with SGLT2 inhibitors + GLP-1 RAs #DiabetesResearch #T2D #GLP-1RA #SGLT2i
Combination therapy with SGLT2 inhibitors + GLP-1 RAs may reduce cardiorenal risk and CV & all-cause mortality in T2D vs SGLT22 inhibitor and GLP-1 RA monotherapy. No increase in safety events was observed. #DiabetesResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
Effectiveness and safety of combining SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) reduce cardiorenal risk in type 2 diabetes. However, the effect of combining...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New results on combination therapy with SGLT2 inhibitors + GLP-1 RAs #DiabetesResearch #T2D #GLP-1RA #SGLT2i
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Our November issue is online now! link.springer.com/journal/125/... @easdnews.bsky.social @springernature.com @springermedicine.com @hinmul.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Our November issue is online now! link.springer.com/journal/125/... @easdnews.bsky.social @springernature.com @springermedicine.com @hinmul.bsky.social
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Metabologia - @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social's new sister journal and open for submissions! www.metabologia.org But how do you say it? youtu.be/ZJsk3oR9AlE?...
Metabologia - how do you say it?
YouTube video by Metabologia
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October 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Metabologia - @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social's new sister journal and open for submissions! www.metabologia.org But how do you say it? youtu.be/ZJsk3oR9AlE?...
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📢 Applications are open for the next EIC of Diabetologia! More info here tinyurl.com/diab-eic-job...
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📢 Applications are open for the next EIC of Diabetologia! More info here tinyurl.com/diab-eic-job...
Higher baseline uric acid levels at the time of #T1D diagnosis in individuals aged 15–34 years are linked to future #macro- and #microvascular complications #Diabetes #DiabetesResearch
New research from Lund University
reveals that higher baseline uric acid levels at the time of #Type1Diabetes diagnosis in young individuals (15–34 years) are linked to future macro- and microvascular complications. #T1D #UricAcid #DiabetesResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
reveals that higher baseline uric acid levels at the time of #Type1Diabetes diagnosis in young individuals (15–34 years) are linked to future macro- and microvascular complications. #T1D #UricAcid #DiabetesResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
Uric acid and future complications in young individuals with type 1 diabetes: results from the Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden (DISS) and the National Diabetes Registry of Sweden (NDR) - Diabetolog...
Aims/hypothesis The aim of this work was to investigate whether baseline uric acid (UA) is associated with future complications among young individuals with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. Methods UA...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Higher baseline uric acid levels at the time of #T1D diagnosis in individuals aged 15–34 years are linked to future #macro- and #microvascular complications #Diabetes #DiabetesResearch
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Combined use of SGLT-2i and GLP-1RA for prevention of cardiorenal complications-A dynamic duo in #T2D care @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Effectiveness and safety of combining SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) reduce cardiorenal risk in type 2 diabetes. However, the effect of combining...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Combined use of SGLT-2i and GLP-1RA for prevention of cardiorenal complications-A dynamic duo in #T2D care @diabetologiajnl.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Katherine Thomasset
In today’s #AI enabled academic world Fake it till you make it has a whole new vexatious meaning www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In today’s #AI enabled academic world Fake it till you make it has a whole new vexatious meaning www.nature.com/articles/d41...