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

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.
Back-To-School Message for Families of Children with Diabetes -
If you are a parent/caregiver of a child with diabetes, the UCSF Pediatric Diabetes Department hopes your child’s return to school this month has gone smoothly.
UCSF Islet Transplantation Program is Recognized for its Success in Islet Isolation -
When Greg Szot arrived at UCSF nearly a decade ago from the University of Chicago, he was on a mission to accelerate the field of pancreatic islet transplantation to assist those living with type 1 diabetes.

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