Noted diabetes researcher Adolfo Garcia-Ocaña, Ph.D., has joined City of Hope as the new chair of the Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology within the Arthur Riggs Diabetes &...

“Hit me with whatever you’ve got, the strongest stuff you have!” So said Michael R.,* a determined 65-year-old businessman from Orange County, California, upon hearing he had pancreatic cancer. It...

Pooja Manroa, M.D., has a warm, natural charm and the reassuring confidence of a highly skilled physician. She recently joined City of Hope’s newly expanded Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology...

City of Hope is expanding its Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, and it’s proud to welcome endocrinologist Karen Tsai, M.D., to its team — and not just...

You’re forgiven if you’ve never heard of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or NAD. It’s hardly one of those familiar acronyms — like DNA, EKG, AIDS or COVID — that we easily...

Why should City of Hope, a renowned cancer center, devote so much time, effort and resources to the study and treatment of diabetes? Aren't they very different diseases? Well, yes...

Biochemist Charles Brenner, Ph.D., has joined City of Hope to lead the nation’s first research department focused on the intersection between cancer and diabetes. He is also the inaugural holder...

Human kidney cells stained to reveal DNA damage induced by elevated glucose (green dots) Higher-than-normal blood sugar levels are linked to more DNA damage that is repaired less often in the...

At a recent virtual symposium — “Diabetes and Cancer Interface: Connecting the Dots” — City of Hope gynecologic cancer expert Lorna Rodríguez-Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., issued a call to arms of...

For Charles Brenner, Ph.D., it’s all about the questions.   “I want to ask the question nobody else will ask,” he said. “We generally don’t know what we don’t know...