Type 2 Diabetes: Current Progress and Future Challenges
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology and Metabolism Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 80
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, type 2 diabetes treatment has undergone a major change, from a former "glucocentric" approach to the novel, comprehensive dual principle of simultaneous control of glycemia and cardiovascular risk. Modern therapeutic options with cardioprotective and renoprotective effects provide a step forward toward the achievement of effective treatment targets.
Furthermore, it is of utmost importance to highlight obesity and insulin resistance as dominant factors in the origin and development of type 2 diabetes, as well as its complications. This is supported by the latest research on the remission of type 2 diabetes in individuals with a significant reduction in body weight who received novel antidiabetic medications.
Despite the latest guidelines' recommendations, worldwide research underlines that clinicians mostly still strive to achieve the prime goal of adequate glycemic regulation, revealing a poor level of awareness on the necessity of cardiovascular risk management. Moreover, novel antidiabetic prescription rates stagnate, despite their proven beneficial effects, which can be attributed to factors classified under the common denominator of therapeutic inertia.
Finally, improving the prevention and treatment methods of type 2 diabetes is vastly needed, with an emphasis on raising the awareness of clinicians in terms of learning the up-to-date guidelines and therapeutic options, as a leading strategy for the mitigation of therapeutic inertia.
Considering increased interest and rapid changes in this area and ensuing wide scope of this Special Issue, we welcome all papers aimed to bring valuable insights into recent research in the field of type 2 diabetes treatment.
Dr. Tomislav Kurevija
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- type 2 diabetes
- cardiovascular risk
- novel antidiabetics
- clinical guidelines therapeutic inertia
- obesity
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- diabetology
- family medicine
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