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Smartphones May Help Detect Diabetes

Researchers at UCSF have developed a “digital biomarker” that would use a smartphone’s built-in camera to detect diabetes.

holding smartphone with diabetes detection app

How to Build a COVID Testing Lab in Eight Days

As the United States’ testing regime floundered early in the pandemic, scientists at UCSF and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub created from scratch a diagnostic lab that became a model for the nation.

Vida Ahyong, Joe DeRisi, and Emily Crawford in face masks, lab coats, and gloves.

Seeking Immunity Against COVID-19

Joel Ernst, MD, addresses key questions about how vaccine development works and why vaccines are especially important in the case of COVID-19.

Illustration depicting the search for a coronavirus vaccine.

An Epidemic of Inequality

Communities of color have been hit hardest by COVID-19. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in an outcry against police brutality. Both issues have roots in the same problem.

UCSF Nurses gather in Oakland for a Black Health Matters protest; a male Black nurse in a white coat and face mask stands with female nurses, holding a sign that reads “Abolish” in graffiti style; a large mural of George Floyd’s portrait is in the background.