a history of innovation... a vision of a cure
Since the year 2000, the Diabetes Center has rapidly accelerated the pace of research and clinical care in diabetes - realizing a number of significant scientific and clinical achievements.
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  • For 80 years, we’ve been a leading source of breakthroughs in diabetes research
  • Research that changes the world
  • Care that transforms lives

Latest News

Diabetes Center Researcher Receives Prestigious Byers Award in Basic Science -
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, is the 2013 recipient of the UCSF Byers Award for Basic Science, granted to recognize and support the outstanding research of a mid-career faculty member within all of UCSF.
Collaborative Faculty Leaders Drive Research Progress -
Over the next 25 years, the number of Americans with diabetes is expected to double, and the economic costs of diabetes will almost triple.
New Physician-Scientist Joins Diabetes Center Faculty -
We are proud to announce that Greg Ku, MD, PhD will join both our research and clinical care teams as Assistant Professor in the Diabetes Center and as a member of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine.
Pediatric to Adult Transition Program Launched at UCSF Madison Clinic -
As part of the Diabetes Center’s mission to improve the quality of care for patients, the Madison Clinic for Pediatric Diabetes has implemented a program to assist older youth in their transition to adulthood.
BREAKING RESEARCH NEWS: Stem-Cell Generated Thymus Tissue to Catalyze New Treatments for Transplantation, Type 1 Diabetes and Other Autoimmune Diseases -
UCSF Diabetes Center researchers Matthias Hebrok, PhD, and Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, have created in their labs the first functioning human thymus tissue derived from embryonic stem cells – a huge step forward in producing new cell therapies to treat numerous diseases including type 1 diabetes.
Interested in Type 1 Diabetes research? We are interested in you! -
UCSF Diabetes Center offers intervention clinical trials for people with type 1 diabetes, as well as prevention studies for relatives of type 1 diabetes patients.

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