News

November 2009

Novocell and UCSF Receive CIRM Disease Team Award -
Last month, the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded a Diabetes Disease Team Award to Novocell, Inc.
Powerful Imaging Technology Helps to Uncover Important Interaction Involved in Tolerance -
The body's immune system is supposed to "tolerate" itself  and distinguish "self" from "non-self.
Islet Transplant Recipient Shares Life-Changing Experience -
After living with type 1 diabetes for 33 years, Ken Reynolds feels like a new person with a much better quality of life -- thanks to an islet transplant he received at UCSF last January.
Study Shows Diabetes Education Lowers Healthcare Costs -
A new study, Assessing the Value of Diabetes Education , has shown that healthcare costs for the serious consequences of diabetes are significantly lower for people who have been referred to a diabetes education program.
Bringing Diabetes to Light on World Diabetes Day -
On November 14th, buildings around the world will turn blue in support of World Diabetes Day -- a global and local community effort focused on preventing, treating and caring for those with with diabetes.
SFGH Diabetes Team Receives Awards -
The UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations (CVP) at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) continues to receive recognition for its innovative research that advances health communication to prevent and treat chronic diseases in patients at risk.

September 2009

New Type 1 Research Discovery Involving Regulatory T Cells -
Center Director Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD and his lab staff have been leading the way in exploring regulatory T cells.
Physician Researcher Describes a Class of Drugs That May Reduce Beta Cell Death -
Diabetes Center/QB3 researcher and San Francisco General Hospital endocrinologist, Feroz Papa, MD, PhD, has uncovered a new class of drugs that may prevent death of stressed cells, a mechanism that is thought to underlie diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
UCSF Diabetes Educator Extraordinaire Receives Prestigious National Award -
In August, UCSF’s Mary Sullivan, RN, MSN, C-ANP, CDE received the Diabetes Educator of the Year Award at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Annual Convention in Atlanta.
Seeking Relatives for Type 1 Antibody Testing at Upcoming JDRF Walks -
Does someone in your family have type 1 diabetes? If so, other family members may be at risk for developing diabetes.