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Article October 21, 2016

Research on Rare Genetic Disease Reveals New Stem Cell Pathway

How do you improve a Nobel Prize-winning discovery? Add a debilitating disease-causing gene mutation.

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Doug Melton, 2016 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize Winner

Article September 27, 2016

2016 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize Awarded to Douglas Melton

Melton was awarded the prize for his pioneering work to treat diabetes with stem cells. The award celebrates scientists whose original translational research has advanced cellular reprogramming technology for regenerative medicine.

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Article August 3, 2016

How to Engineer a Stronger Immune System

With a trick of engineering, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes improved a potential weapon against inflammation and autoimmune disorders.

McDevitt Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article July 11, 2016

Gladstone Alumna Wins Award in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Qian was awarded the inaugural Boyalife, Science & Science Translational Medicine Award for her research on reprogramming cells in the heart to treat heart failure.

Srivastava Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article June 20, 2016

Stem Cell Supply and Demand

Forward-looking researchers at the Gladstone Institutes are working to solve the stem cell supply problem by pursuing innovative ways to improve stem cell engineering and scale-up tissue manufacturing.

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Sheng Ding, Yandong Huang and Deepak Srivastava

Article April 28, 2016

Scientists Turn Skin Cells into Heart Cells and Brain Cells Using Drugs

In a major breakthrough, Gladstone scientists transformed skin cells into heart cells and brain cells using a combination of chemicals and without adding external genes to the cells.

Ding Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article April 20, 2016

Micro Heart Muscle Created from Stem Cells

Gladstone scientists have invented a new way to create micro heart muscle from stem cells using a unique dog bone dish. The three-dimensional tissue is ideal for disease modeling and drug testing.

Conklin Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article March 9, 2016

Modified Form of CRISPR Acts as a Toggle Switch to Control Gene Expression in Stem Cells

Combining the two most powerful biological tools of the 21st century, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have manipulated the genome of induced pluripotent stem cells for the first time using a variation of the CRISPR system.

Conklin Lab CRISPR/Gene Editing Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article March 2, 2016

New Method for Producing Heart Cells May Hold the Key to Treating Heart Failure

Gladstone scientists have discovered how to make a new type of cell that is in between embryonic stem cells and adult heart cells, and that may hold the key to treating heart disease.

Ding Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article February 26, 2016

Reflecting on the Discovery of the Decade: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Ten years ago, Shinya Yamanaka revolutionized biological research with his discovery of how to turn ordinary skin cells into stem cells with just four key genes.

Yamanaka Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article February 24, 2016

Todd McDevitt Celebrates First Year at Gladstone

Todd McDevitt has rapidly enchanced how Gladstone thinks about bioengineering and stem cell biology.

McDevitt Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article February 11, 2016

True Love: How Transcription Factors Interact to Create a Heart

Key proteins involved in gene expression depend on each other when forming a heart in an embryo. But, if left alone, they start to run amok.

Stem Cells/iPSCs Congenital Heart Disease

Article January 5, 2016

Insulin-Producing Pancreatic Cells Created from Human Skin Cells

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have successfully converted human skin cells into fully-functional pancreatic cells.

Diabetes Ding Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article December 15, 2015

Gladstone Rare Disease Research Promises Big Payoff

With support from the Wilsey Family, Gladstone is studying a rare genetic condition that could provide clues to curing a whole host of diseases.

Philanthropy Stem Cells/iPSCs Rare Diseases

Article November 20, 2015

Generosity Advances Regenerative Medicine

The regenerative medicine program at the Gladstone Institutes has attracted the attention of two global business leaders known for their innovative approach to philanthropy.

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