Increased knowledge of insulin regulation in horses can be used to better understand how type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents can be prevented and treated. This is the background of a new study in a research collaboration led by Professor Johan Bröjer at SLU and Professor Peter Bergsten at Uppsala University. The study, funded through a donation from the Max Stenbeck Charitable Trust, could change the understanding of diabetes and have significant implications for its treatment.

The study is conducted within a doctoral project supported by the Uppsala Diabetes Center – a competence forum led and operated by Uppsala University in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).