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Article February 17, 2010

Gladstone’s Lennart Mucke Wins Potamkin Prize for Identifying New Avenues in Alzheimer’s Research

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—February 18, 2010—Lennart Mucke, MD, Director of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND), has been named a recipient of the American Academy of Neurology's prestigious Potamkin Prize.

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Article February 9, 2010

Gladstone’s Robert Mahley to Receive Research!America Advocacy Award

WASHINGTON—February 10, 2010—Robert W. Mahley, MD, PhD, president of The J. David Gladstone Institutes, will receive Research!America's 2010 Builders of Science Award.

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February 7, 2010

Gladstone Institutes Completes its First Fundraising Campaign

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—February 8, 2010—The J. David Gladstone Institutes has announced the completion of its first fundraising campaign. The independent biomedical research organization, located at Mission Bay, said it had exceeded its goal of $35 million, despite tough economic times.

February 2, 2010

Gladstone Scientists Identify Target That May Reduce Complications of Obesity

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—February 3, 2010—Although obesity is a risk factor for diabetes and coronary heart disease worldwide, only some obese individuals go on to develop these metabolic complications, while others are relatively protected.

January 25, 2010

Gladstone’s Yamanaka Receives March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) was awarded the 2010 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology.

January 12, 2010

Gladstone Scientists Identify Role of Key Protein in ALS and Frontotemporal Dementia

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—January 13, 2010—Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified the reason a key protein plays a major role in two neurodegenerative diseases.

January 3, 2010

Gladstone Scientists Identify Agent That May Inhibit HIV Infectivity

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have discovered a new agent that might inhibit the infectivity of HIV. The agent, surfen, impairs the action of a factor in semen that greatly enhances the viral infection.

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Article December 2, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Identify Strategies To Protect New Brain Cells Against Alzheimer’s Disease

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Stimulating the growth of new neurons to replace those lost in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an intriguing therapeutic possibility. But will the factors that cause AD allow the new neurons to thrive and function normally?

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November 8, 2009

Gladstone Taps Former UCSF Advancement Official for Strategic Planning Role

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—November 9, 2009—The Gladstone Institutes today announced that it has hired Bruce Spaulding, who recently retired as UCSF'S senior vice chancellor of advancement and planning as its new chief of strategic planning, effective December 14th.

October 31, 2009

Gladstone and Stanford In Collaboration to Develop Induced Pluripotent Stem (IPS) Cells for Cardiac Therapies

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—November 1, 2009—Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and Stanford University School of Medicine will collaborate in a new consortium funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to develop stem cell and regenerative medicine t

October 27, 2009

Gladstone Repeats In Top 10 Best Places to Work In Academia

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—October 28, 2009—For the fifth year in a row, The J. David Gladstone Institutes has placed among the top 10 among the Best Places to Work in Academia.

October 27, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Receive $10 Million to Identify Genetic Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—October 28, 2009—Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) will receive $10 million over the next 6 years to find the genetic causes of congenital heart disease.

October 22, 2009

Gladstone Taps Duke Official as New President

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—October 23, 2009—The J. David Gladstone Institutes today announced that Robert Sanders “Sandy” Williams, MD, has been appointed the new president of the Institutes. Dr.

Article October 22, 2009

Gladstone and Partners Receive $3.7 Million to Use Stem Cell Technology for Huntington’s Disease Research

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—October 13, 2009—The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a “Grand Opportunity” grant of $3.7 million to a consortium formed with the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease(GIND) and the Taube-Koret Center for Huntington's Disease Research to use stem cell techno

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September 13, 2009

Gladstone’s Shinya Yamanaka Wins Lasker Award

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, of the the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and Kyoto University, has won the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for his discovery of a method of reprogramming adult skin cells to become embryonic-like stem cells.

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