With two type 1 diabetes prevention trials currently underway, it is important for blood relatives of those with type 1 diabetes to be tested for autoantibodies that may predict future onset of disease.
Qizhi Tang, PhD, a Diabetes Center faculty member and Associate Professor of Surgery, is focused on improving islet transplantation, a minimally invasive procedure that has the potential to cure type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes Center researcher and endocrinologist Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, was recently named the new director of the UCSF Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP).
UCSF researchers led by Feroz Papa, MD, PhD, have discovered a molecule, TXNIP, which initiates inflammation that leads to the death of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.
In May 2011, the UCSF Diabetes Center Diabetes Family Fund for Innovative Patient Care, Education and Scientific Discovery awarded its first grants to twelve groups of collaborators.
A dedicated Diabetes Center supporter has captured the tale told by her grandmother well over a half century ago in a new children’s book entitled, Billy and Skipper.
