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February 19, 2013

Gladstone Scientist Named Inaugural Winner of Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Gladstone Institutes’ Senior Investigator Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, is one of 11 medical researchers to win a new, high-profile $3 million award from a group of high-tech sponsors, including the founders of Facebook and Google.

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October 7, 2012

Gladstone Scientist Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

Shinya Yamanaka MD, PhD, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of how to transform ordinary adult skin cells into cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any cell in the human body.

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July 4, 2012

Gladstone Scientists Identify Critical Process in Stem Cell Development

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—July 5, 2012—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered that environmental factors critically influence the growth of a type of stem cell—called an iPS cell—that is derived from adult skin cells.

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May 24, 2012

Gladstone Scientist Receives $6.3M Award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—May 25, 2012—The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded Deepak Srivastava, MD—who directs cardiovascular and stem cell research at the Gladstone Institutes—a $6.3 million Early Translational Award to promote stem cell-based innovation. Dr.

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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.

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Article July 27, 2011

Gladstone Scientist Converts Human Skin Cells into Functional Brain Cells

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has discovered a novel way to convert human skin cells into brain cells, advancing medicine and human health by offering new hope for regenerative medicine and personalized drug discovery and development.

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August 4, 2010

Gladstone Scientists Discover New Method for Regenerating Heart Muscle by Direct Reprogramming

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found a new way to make beating heart cells from the body's own cells that could help regenerate damaged hearts.

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