As a Santa Barbara high school student, Tejal Desai first learned about research to develop artificial organs and implants. Now a bioengineer at UCSF, she develops new ways to make implantable medical devices so small that their individual parts are the size of human cells. Such minuscule implants can overcome the limitations of conventional therapy to treat diabetes, kidney failure and other debilitating diseases.

Read the complete story on her work on the UC Research site.