A major diabetes study in Dundee is looking to recruit patients from across Scotland.

The GoDARTS study will look into how the disease develops and some of the reasons why it varies from patient to patient.

Patients with diabetes in Tayside, Glasgow, Fife, Lanarkshire, Forth Valley and Aberdeen who have been diagnosed within the past two years are asked to take part.

Over the past 20 years in Tayside, the study has worked with patients to build a database of information that has been made available to researchers worldwide.

Now the study is now looking to recruit up to 6000 new patients.

Dundee University professor of diabetic medicine Ewan Pearson said: "By working with patients who have only recently been diagnosed with diabetes we can look at progression of the disease and how they are responding to treatment.

"What we envisage is a future where when someone is diagnosed with diabetes we can better predict the effect the disease is going to have on them, and therefore how we can best manage and treat it."

Prof Pearson said the contribution of patients is absolutely vital to the success of this kind of research into diabetes.