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The Biology of Fat Storage in Cells Gladstone research, recently published in Nature, yields new insight into formation of lipid droplets in cells.		Atherosclerosis: Cholesterol, Inflammation, and Obesity Genetic Networks in Cardiac Development and Stem Cell Biology Nuclear Reprogramming to Induce Pluripotency
		Faculty Recruitment
Download article PDF	Gladstone Scientists Identify Role of Tiny RNAs in Controlling Stem Cell Fate SAN FRANCISCO, CA –March 5, 2008--Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have identified for the first time how tiny genetic factors called microRNAs may influence the differentiation of pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells into cardiac muscle. . . More See news archives for previous stories featured here.	The Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease is currently recruiting new faculty in the areas of stem cell and developmental biology and cardiovascular genetics. See posting for further details.
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