According to a new report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people living with diabetes worldwide has nearly quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults, with most living in developing countries.

In its first “Global report on diabetes”, WHO highlights the need to step up prevention and treatment of the disease – a goal that is shared by the Diabetes Center at UCSF.

Finding sheds new light on how to prevent T2D and other metabolic diseases linked to excess dietary fat

Diabetes Center at UCSF

Members of the Koliwad lab at UC San Francisco’s Saunders Court on Thursday, November 20, 2014. Pictured from left are: Megan Robblee, Suneil Koliwad, Diana Alba and Martin Valdearcos Contreras (Photo: Kathleen Jay/UCSF)

UCSF researchers discover brain cell's new role in controlling food intake