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September 1, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Find First Genetic Link Between Reptile and Human Heart Evolution

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—September 2, 2009—Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other reptiles.

August 18, 2009

Gladstone Institutes and Alitora Systems Collaborate on Innovative Technologies to Accelerate Biomedical Research

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—August 19, 2009—The J. David Gladstone Institutes announced a collaboration with Alitora Systems to develop software technology that facilitates organizational collaboration and enables rapid acceleration of the discovery and evaluation of new drugs.

Article August 13, 2009

Gladstone’s Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, Named Beeson Scholar

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 14, 2009—The Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) announced that Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, has been named a Beeson Scholar for her research into Alzheimer’s disease.

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August 10, 2009

Prices Give $4.25 Million to Gladstone Institutes

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—August 11, 2009—Investor and philanthropist William S. Price III and his wife, Eva, have donated $4.25 million to fund biomedical research programs at The J. David Gladstone Institutes.

July 4, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Identify Genetic Factors that Hold Promise for Treatment of Vascular Diseases

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—July 5, 2009—Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have discovered a key switch that makes stem cells turn into the type of muscle cells that reside in the wall of blood vessels.

June 24, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Identify Key Factor That Controls HIV Latency

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–June 25, 2009–Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have found another clue that may lead to eradication of HIV from infected patients who have been on antiretroviral therapy.

April 25, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Identify Key Factors in Heart Cell Creation

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—April 26, 2009—Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD)have identified for the first time key genetic factors that drive the process of generating new heart cells.

April 7, 2009

Gladstone’s Shinya Yamanaka Wins “Baby Nobel”

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, of the Gladstone Institutes and Kyoto University is one of seven recipients of Canada's prestigious Gairdner Award. The Gairdner is referred to as the “Baby Nobel,” since many winners then go on to win the Nobel Prize.

Article March 24, 2009

Gladstone Institutes Establishes Taube-Koret Center for Huntington’s Disease Research

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—March 25, 2009—The J. David Gladstone Institutes has joined forces with Taube Philanthropies and the Koret Foundation to initiate a groundbreaking research program aimed at preventing, treating, or curing Huntington's disease (HD) by the year 2020.

Huntington’s Disease Taube-Koret Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research

March 14, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Reveal Key Enzyme in Fat Absorption

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found that a key enzyme involved in absorbing fat may also be a key to reducing it.

Metabolism

March 3, 2009

Gladstone Institutes Receives $1.5 Million Grant for Brain Research

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The J. David Gladstone Institutes announced that it has received a major grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation in Los Angeles to establish the Keck Program for Striatal Physiology and Pathophysiology, which will study the origins of movement disorders associated with neurological diseases such as Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

February 16, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Find Clues That Guide Division and Expansion of Heart Cells for Regenerative Therapies

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have unraveled a complex signaling process that reveals how different types of cells interact to create a heart.

Srivastava Lab

February 4, 2009

Gladstone Scientists Reveal That Fat Synthesizing Enzyme is Also Key to Healthy Skin and Hair

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have found that an enzyme associated with the synthesis of fat in the body is also an element in healthy skin and hair.

Article January 6, 2009

A Special Type of Collagen May Help Protect the Brain Against Alzheimer’s Disease

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND), UCSF, and Stanford have discovered that a certain type of collagen, collagen VI, protects brain cells against amyloid-beta (Aβ) proteins, which are widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease Mucke Lab

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