Devi Kasinathan, Zheng Guo, and Dax Fu on autoimmune diabetes, Jennifer Lee and Rebecca Salzo on WIN ADA, Olga Gupta and Rana Gupta on a “Classic” article about regional adiposity, and more!

Welcome to the May 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 May 2024 issue of Diabetes.  5:06: Darleen and Kirk are joined by Drs. Devi Kasinathan, Zheng Guo, and Dax Fu, authors the May Paper of the Month, “Cell-Surface ZnT8 Antibody Prevents and Reverses Autoimmune Diabetes in Mice.” This article can be freely accessed at https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0568. 20:14: Next, Kirk and Darleen highlight one of the ADA’s membership engagement groups, the Women’s Interprofessional Network of the ADA (WIN ADA), by chatting with Drs. Jennifer Lee and Rebecca Scalzo, the current cochairs of WIN ADA. They discuss the history and growth of WIN ADA, which is a members-only network for female clinicians, scientists, educators, and other health professionals in diabetes. Learn more about WIN ADA, including how to join, at https://professional.diabetes.org/membership/win-ada. 36:45: For the Sweet Talk segment, Kevin is joined by Drs. Olga T. Gupta and Rana K. Gupta, authors of May’s “Classics in Diabetes” article. The classic article they focus on is 1985’s “The Influence of Body Fat Distribution on the Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus: 13.5 Years of Follow-up of the Participants in the Study of Men Born in 1913,” by Ohlson et al. Kevin and his guests discuss the evolving concepts of regional adiposity and diabetes and other chronic disorders. Their “Classics” article is freely available at https://doi.org/10.2337/dbi24-0021, and the 1985 classic by Ohlson et al. can be found at https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.34.10.1055.    To learn more about Diabetes and DiabetesBio, please visit diabetesjournals.org/diabetes. Thank you for listening, and don’t forget to smash that “follow” button!