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April 28, 2012

Gladstone Scientists Identify Brain Circuitry Associated with Addictive, Depressive Behaviors

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 29, 2012—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement but also motivation and learning, providing new insight into neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease—and psychiatric disorder

Article April 25, 2012

Gladstone Scientists Identify Key Network Mechanism That Could Contribute to Cognitive Problems in Alzheimer’s Disease

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 26, 2012—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have unraveled a process by which depletion of a specific protein in the brain contributes to the memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

April 24, 2012

Gladstone Scientist Warner C. Greene Receives Washington University School of Medicine Alumni Award

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 25, 2012—Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD—who directs virology and immunology research at the Gladstone Institutes—has won the 2012 Alumni Achievement Award from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WUSTL).

April 17, 2012

Gladstone Scientists Regenerate Damaged Hearts By Transforming Scar Tissue into Beating Heart Muscle

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes today are announcing a research breakthrough in mice that one day may help doctors restore hearts damaged by heart attacks—by converting scar-forming cardiac cells into beating heart muscle.

Srivastava Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

April 17, 2012

Gladstone Scientist Robert Grant Named One of TIME Magazine’s TIME 100

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 18, 2012—TIME Magazine has named Gladstone Senior Investigator Robert Grant, MD, MPH, to the 2012 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people.

April 12, 2012

Gladstone Founder Receives Prestigious Pasarow Foundation Award

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 13, 2012—The Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation will next week present Gladstone Institutes Senior Investigator and President Emeritus Robert W.

Article April 2, 2012

Gladstone Scientists Find Increased ApoE Protein Levels May Promote Alzheimer’s Disease

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have enhanced our understanding of how a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease keeps young brains healthy, but can damage them later in life—suggesting new research avenues for treating this devastating disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

March 27, 2012

Gladstone Scientists Identify Key Mechanism Involved in Type 2 Diabetes

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered a key protein that regulates insulin resistance—the diminished ability of cells to respond to the action of insulin and which sets the stage for the development of the most common form of diabetes.

Akassoglou Lab Diabetes Metabolism

March 14, 2012

Gladstone Director Receives 2012 Abraham White Scientific Achievement Award

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—March 15, 2012—Gladstone Institutes Senior Investigator Deepak Srivastava, MD has won the prestigious 2012 Abraham White Scientific Achievement Award from The George Washington University. Dr.

January 24, 2012

Gladstone Scientists Identify Protein that Contributes to Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, an independent and nonprofit biomedical-research organization, have identified a protein that exacerbates symptoms of Parkinson's disease—a discovery that could one day lead to new treatments for people who suffer from this devastating neu

Kreitzer Lab

January 21, 2012

Gladstone Scientists Identify Genetic Mechanism Linked to Congenital Heart Disease

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—January 22, 2012—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified a finely tuned mechanism by which fetal heart muscle develops into a healthy and fully formed beating heart—offering new insight into the genetic causes of congenital heart disease and opening the door to on

Article December 21, 2011

Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Gladstone Institutes Enter Three-Year Discovery Partnership in Alzheimer’s Disease

SAN FRANCISCO and PRINCETON, NJ—December 22, 2011—Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and the Gladstone Institutestoday announced the formation of a discovery-based research collaboration to identify and validate novel targets in Alzheimer's disease.

Business Development

December 20, 2011

Gladstone and UCSF Scientists Provide a Global View of How HIV/AIDS Hijacks Cells During Infection

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Gladstone Institutes scientist Nevan Krogan, PhD, today is announcing research that identifies how HIV—the virus that causes AIDS—hijacks the body's own defenses to promote infection. This discovery could one day help curb the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

HIV/AIDS Krogan Lab

December 15, 2011

Gladstone Scientist Deepak Srivastava Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named Gladstone Senior Investigator Deepak Srivastava, MD, a Fellow for his efforts to advance science and its applications.

December 13, 2011

Gladstone Scientists Identify Human Proteins that May Fuel HIV/AIDS Transmission

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—December 14, 2011—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered new protein fragments in semen that enhance the ability of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to infect new cells—a discovery that one day could help curb the global spread of this deadly pathogen.

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