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August 17, 2011

Gladstone Scientist Identifies Gene that Exacerbates Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Diabetes

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has discovered how a gene known as SIRT3 contributes to a suite of health problems sweeping across America, offering new insight into how to combat these potentially fatal conditions.

Diabetes Metabolism

August 13, 2011

Gladstone Scientists Offer New Insight into the Regulation of Stem Cells and Cancer Cells

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—August 14, 2011—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have gained new insight into the delicate relationship between two proteins that, when out of balance, can prevent the normal development of stem cells in the heart and may also be important in some types of cancer.

August 7, 2011

Gladstone Scientist Discovers Genetic Factor Implicated in Heartbeat Defect

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has discovered how gene regulation can make hearts beat out of sync, offering new hope for the millions who suffer from a potentially fatal heart condition.In a paper being published this week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings

Bruneau Lab

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.

Ding Lab Stem Cells/iPSCs Stem Cells/iPSCs

Article July 13, 2011

Gladstone to Speed Drug Development with Center for Comprehensive Alzheimer’s Disease Research

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—July 14, 2011—The Gladstone Institutes today announced plans to create a Center for Comprehensive Alzheimer's Disease Research, offering new hope for the millions of families stricken by this debilitating neurodegenerative disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

July 10, 2011

Gladstone to Receive $5.6 Million in Federal Funds to Seek a Cure for AIDS

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—July 11, 2011—The Gladstone Institutes will receive funds totaling $5.6 million over five years as part of the first-ever major funding initiative focusing on HIV eradication.

June 30, 2011

Gladstone Ranked #1 Academic Employer

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—July 1, 2011—The Gladstone Institutes has been named America's best place to work in academia, capping a seven-year stint in which readers of The Scientist have ranked the independent biomedical-research organization among academia's top ten places to work.

Article May 8, 2011

Gladstone Scientist Wins $1.7 Million Grant for Cardiovascular Research

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—May 9, 2011—The Gladstone Institute's Deepak Srivastava, MD, has received a $1.7 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for further investigation into treatments for heart disease.

May 2, 2011

Gladstone Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—May 3, 2011—The United States' National Academy of Sciences today elected Gladstone Senior Investigator Shinya Yamanaka MD, PhD, to its membership, bestowing yet another honor on the Japanese scientist whose discovery of a promising new stem-cell technology has major implication

Article April 28, 2011

Hellman Family Foundation Gives $1M to Gladstone for Alzheimer’s Disease Research

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 29, 2011—The Hellman Family Foundation has donated $1 million to the Gladstone Institutes to help spur the development of medications for Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

April 24, 2011

Gladstone Scientist Makes Key Innovations in Stem-Cell Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 25, 2011—A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has made two significant stem-cell discoveries that advance medicine and human health by creating powerful new approaches for using stem cells and stem-cell-like technology.

April 15, 2011

Gladstone Scientists Identify Genes Involved in Embryonic-heart Development

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 16, 2011—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified networks of genes that play an important role in embryonic-heart development, advancing knowledge of how healthy hearts develop—and offering clues about how to combat a common birth defect known as congenital

March 8, 2011

Gladstone Joins With World’s Top Virologists To Prevent, Treat Virus Outbreaks

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—March 9, 2011—The Gladstone Institutes, a leading biomedical-research organization, today announced its participation in a bold new consortium intended to help the global community better identify, prevent and treat outbreaks of new or re-emerging viruses. Dr.

Gladstone in the News December 16, 2010

Gladstone-Led HIV Study Tops Time List

San Francisco Business Times—Ten years ago, an international HIV study led by then Gladstone Investigator Robert Grant, MD, MPH, showed that the antiretroviral drug Truvada taken as a prophylactic could reduce the risk of infection by HIV, a study that was declared medical breakthrough of the year by Time magazine.

Gladstone Experts HIV/AIDS

December 15, 2010

Gladstone’s Shinya Yamanaka to Receive Warren Prize from Massachusetts General Hospital

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—December 16, 2010—The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced today that Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, will receive the 2011 Warren Triennial Prize. Dr. Yamanaka discovered a method to convert adult cells into cells with characteristics of embryonic stem cells.

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