News

November 2011

Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day Activities -
Each year, California has more new cases of diabetes than any other state in the nation.
New Mobile App Launched By Diabetes Teaching Center and QuantiaMD, Offers Patients $100 -
True or False: Ketones only affect people with type 1 diabetes.
Transformational Gift Received to Create New Madison Clinic for Pediatric Diabetes -
In recognition of UCSF pediatrician and diabetologist Dr.
Research Breakthrough: Mesenchyme in Pancreas Development Key to Generating Beta Cells -
The research group of Diabetes Center Director Matthias Hebrok, PhD, and collaborators at Texas A&M University, discovered that mesenchymal fetal tissue plays a fundamental role in the formation of insulin-producing beta cells.
Diabetes Panel Discussion Featured at Bay Area Science Festival -
Faculty members involved in the UCSF Diabetes Center participated in a Bay Area Science Festival event, "Diabetes: The State of the Epidemic.
UCSF Diabetes Center eUpdate - November 2011 -
  November 10, 2011   RESEARCH NEWS Diabetes Panel Discussion Featured at Bay Area Science Festival Faculty members involved in the UCSF Diabetes Center participated in a Bay Area Science Festival event, "Diabetes: The State of the Epidemic.

September 2011

UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center and QuantiaMD Release Interactive Mobile App, DiabetesIQ -
The Diabetes Teaching Center is proud to announce their new educational mobile app, Diabetes IQ.

August 2011

ATTENTION MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS: 2011 California Diabetes Summit - September 7-8, 2011, Long Beach -
UCSF is a proud sponsor of the California Diabetes Summit , the only statewide public health conference that brings together California's preeminent diabetes prevention and control professionals, as well as leaders in policy, systems change, environmental approaches, health communications and health systems.
New Fellowship Created by Joseph and Vera Long Foundation -
Thanks to the ongoing generosity of a very special family, the Joseph and Vera Long Foundation recently endowed the Vera M.
Expert in Fat Cell Development Recruited to Diabetes Center -
A talented young researcher has joined our team to help tackle the growing epidemics of obesity, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome.
 
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