Diabetes Center at UCSF@AtUcsf

An integrated team of UCSF researchers and physicians in fields of cell development, metabolism, and immunology ...a history of innovation, a vision of a cure

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Joined December 2020
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Our founding director Jeff Bluestone, PhD receives UCSF's highest honor, the 2026 UCSF Medal ucsf.edu/news/2026-ucsf-meda…
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Jeff Bluestone has spent nearly four decades advancing our understanding of the immune system and immune tolerance, helping turn fundamental discoveries into new treatments for autoimmune disease, including the first FDA-approved treatment to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes.
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New paper out of @Tang_Lab_UCSF "Receptor-tethered orthogonal IL-2 enhances regulatory T cell therapy" features video from co-first authors doi.org/10.1084/jem.20251480

Receptor-tethered orthogonal IL-2 enhances regulatory T cell therapy

Tregs engineered with an orthogonal IL-2 tethered to its receptor persisted without exogenous IL-2 and exhibited superior therapeutic efficacy in a mouse m

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New paper in @JCI_insight from @SuneilKoliwad @koliwadlab et al showing excess fat fibrosis in chronic HIV that is transcriptionally distinct and correlates independently with insulin resistance insight.jci.org/articles/vie…
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FDA Approves Drug for Pediatric Stage 3 Type 1 Diabetes, a historic paradigm shift in the approach to treating T1D diabetes.ucsf.edu/news-media…
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UCSF Endocrinology & Metabolism which include many Diabetes Center members are vastly represented at #ENDO2026 with over 50 sessions, plenaries, symposia, talks, and posters: diabetes.ucsf.edu/Endo2026

ENDO2026 | Diabetes Center at UCSF

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Qizhi Tang @Tang_Lab_UCSF Named Recipient of the Bluestone and Rosenkrantz Immune Tolerance Professorship in Diabetes diabetes.ucsf.edu/news-media…
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Congratulations to Nutrition and Obesity Research Center @NorcUcsf Associate Director Elissa Epel, PhD @Dr_Epel for her election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas
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So honored to have 2025 Nobel Laureate Fred Ramsdell join our 25th Anniversary Symposium along with Jeff Bluestone, Mark Anderson @MAndersonUCSF, close collaborator Joe DeRisi, and @Tang_Lab_UCSF @gardnerlabUCSF @AParent_lab @koliwadlab among others!
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@SuneilKoliwad Whoops, tagged your lab instead!
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We are tremendously inspired by our director Mark Anderson's @MAndersonUCSF election to the National Academy of Sciences @theNASciences nasonline.org/news/2026-nas-…
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Congratulations to @Tang_Lab_UCSF postdoc @RobertoCG96, recipient of a @BreakthroughT1D 2026 advanced postdoctoral fellowship for "Engineering Treg Signaling to Develop an Effective Cell Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes"
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Video feature on Diabetes Center at UCSF @ucsf coincides with our 25th Anniversary ucsf.edu/news/2026/04/431741…

For 2 Million Americans, the Future of Type 1 Diabetes Care is Now

UCSF research led to the first type 1 diabetes immunotherapy. Now, scientists are using stem cells and Tregs to find a functional cure.

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Congrats to the 2026 Diabetes Center Fellows. We thank the Kraft and Klein families for their ongoing generous support. This year marks the inaugural launch of the Bluestone Family fellowship, supported by and named after our founding director.
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Affiliate faculty member Feroz Papa reveals cells under stress can change their identity in harmful ways ucsf.edu/news/2025/10/430926…

How to Keep Cells Out of Limbo and Prevent Lung Scarring

Scientists at UCSF identified a key cellular switch that plays a large role in pulmonary fibrosis, and found a way of blocking it to halt progression of the disease.

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Mark Anderson and his collaborators on genetic testing for T1D scientificamerican.com/artic…

Can Genetic Testing Predict Type 1 Diabetes? Experts Say Earlier Treatment Is Possible

Genetic screening can mean that people at risk of type 1 diabetes get earlier treatment and better outcomes

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2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology - Fred Ramsdell to Share in the Prize on Immune Tolerance diabetes.ucsf.edu/2025Nobel
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HIRN trans-network committee chair @AParent_lab on HIRN Initiative for @NIDDKgov 75th Anniversary Special in @AmDiabetesAssn diabetesjournals.org/diabete…

Closing the Gap Between Vision and Victory in Type 1 Diabetes: The NIDDK Human Islet Research...

The identification of a “rundlichen Häuflein” by Paul Langerhans more than 150 years ago marked the initiation of a global effort to unravel the mysteries

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Pictured at our poster sessions: David Moore, Chair, UC Berkeley Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology; Thuy An Pham, Anderson Lab; Abbey Blake, Vaisse Lab; Emily McGrath, Koliwad Lab.
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Having a great time at the 2025 Obesity, Metabolism & Diabetes Research Retreat in partnership with UCSF Diabetes Center, UCSF Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), @UCBerkeley Metabolic Biology, and @ucdavis College of Biological Sciences
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Featuring our keynote speakers @BruceVerchere at University of British Columbia and Randy Seeley at University of Michigan!
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