Recent News June 09, 2006Important Research Finding in Type 1 Research The April issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation reported that UCSF’s Dr. Jeffrey Bluestone and his collaborators at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology and Columbia University have successfully used a new treatment approach to rev [more] | |
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July 06, 2005UCSF Ranks Fourth Overall in NIH Research Funding UCSF was the fourth-largest recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research dollars in 2004,
receiving a total of $438.8 million from all awards in the nationally competitive process, according to
new rankings released by NIH [more] | |
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May 17, 2005New hope in the battle against hypoglycemia VA Medical Center scientists Raymond Swanson and Sang Won Suh have found that a natural, non-toxic byproduct of glucose can prevent damage to brain cells that can result from episodes of severely low blood sugar. [more] | |
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February 10, 2005Don't shoot the messenger... silence it! A new tool that gives researchers the ability to block disease-causing genes is the next wave in biotechnology. If successful, “RNA interference” (known as RNAi) could provide new cures for everything from cancer to HIV to diabetes. Dr. Michael McManu [more] | |
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November 22, 2004Thousands With Diabetes Awaiting Organs One of the most serious complications of diabetes is diabetic kidney disease. About 30 percent of patients with Type 1 (juvenile onset) diabetes and 10 to 40 percent of those with Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes eventually will suffer from kidney failure. [more] | |
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October 19, 2004UCSF Scientists Identify New Cause of Obesity A brain protein already known to play a central role in the "feast or
fast" signaling that controls the urge to eat has now been found to
influence appetite in a second way. The discovery identifies a potential
new target for drugs against obesity. [more] | |
October 15, 2004A new way to look at eye complications in diabetes An autoimmune attack may just be the culprit behind the vision complications frequently experienced by diabetes patients. A UCSF postdoctoral scholar has developed a new model that makes it easier to study diabetes eye complications. [more] | |
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May 28, 2004UCSF's Stem Cell Matriarch and Global Distributor Dr. Meri Firpo never realized that the two stem cell lines that she and her colleagues created at the beginning of the millennium would be among the Bush Administration's 60 cell lines approved in 2001 for federal funding. [more] | |
May 26, 2004HIV Patients and Type 2 Diabetes? Dr. Morris Schambelan, Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), estimates that more than 10% of HIV patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy will eventually b [more] | |
May 21, 2004Prestigious research honor goes to Jeffrey Bluestone The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) will award its highest honor for basic diabetes research to Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD, an internationally recognized leader in autoimmunity research and the director of the Diabetes Center at UCSF. [more] | |
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February 20, 2004New study to treat adolescent obesity Diabetes researchers at UCSF have launched a new study designed to test whether extended-release metformin (Glucophage XR®) will help obese, non-diabetic teenagers, aged 13 to 17, lose weight. [more] | |
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December 03, 2003A weighty issue in type 2 diabetes UCSF clinical pediatrics researcher Robert Lustig, MD is convinced that diet and exercise can't always solve the problem of obesity. Instead, he feels we must focus on altering a complex neuroendocrine process that regulates energy balance in the body. [more] | |
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April 18, 2006Transplanted Pig Islets Reverse Diabetes in Monkeys Researchers at two JDRF islet transplant centers were able to reverse diabetes in monkeys by transplanting islet cells from pigs, paving the way for the possible development of therapies for people with type 1 diabetes that involve an expandable supply [more] | |
