Teens learn about stem cell research
By David Louie
ABC KGO-TV San Francisco, June 27, 2008
Stem cell research is so new, it's not even something many high school students give as a possible career. But that may change because of a special program... MORE
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Alzheimer's Protein Tied to HIV Progression
The Washington Post (from HealthDay News), June 18, 2008
A protein linked to Alzheimer's disease also plays a role in HIV progression by promoting entry of the virus into cells, U.S. researchers say... MORE
This story was also picked up by Forbes.com and by U.S. News & World Report
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Stem cell research gets a $1M boost
By Rob Ferguson
The Toronto Star, June 17, 2008
Ontario is providing $1 million in seed money to back one of last year's most exciting medical breakthroughs, turning simple skin cells into stem cells... MORE
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Kleiner Perkins makes bet on adult stem cells
By Bernadette Tansey
The San Francisco Chronical, June 17, 2008
The veteran Silicon Valley venture capital firm that helped found the biotechnology industry, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is now laying a bet on a breakthrough technology surrounding stem cells derived from adult humans... MORE
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The Gladstone Institutes and iZumi Bio Announce Broad Partnership in Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease
redOrbit.com (from PRNewswire), June 16, 2008
iZumi Bio, Inc., and The J. David Gladstone Institutes, an independent non-profit biomedical research organization, have announced a major research collaboration and licensing agreement to focus on applications for induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells... MORE
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Gladstone's Kreitzer Receives Pew Scholar Award
UCSF Today, June 16, 2008
The Pew Charitable Trusts and UCSF announced that Gladstone Institutes and UCSF researcher Anatol C. Kreitzer, PhD, is one of 20 exceptional researchers selected as 2008 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences... MORE
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Half Moon Bay High School students win opportunities in science
By Barbara Lohman
Coastsider, June 16, 2008
Ric Lohman arranged for the J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco to expand its scholarship program this year to allow students from Half Moon Bay High to apply and compete for the 21 scholarships... MORE
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Gladstone Institutes and iZumi Bio ink stem cell deal
By Steven E.F. Brown
San Francisco Business Times, June 16, 2008
The J. David Gladstone Institutes will work with iZumi Bio Inc. on using adult stem cells in cardiovascular treatments... MORE
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Skin Morphed Into Stem Cells, Now With Sickle Cell Mutations
By Rob Waters
Bloomberg.com, May 29, 2008
Researchers for the first time say they've made stem cells with a disease-causing mutation -- in this case, sickle cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder that affects mostly people of African descent... MORE
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AIDS Vaccine: A Change in Strategy
The Summit on HIV Vaccine Research and Development — sponsored by the NIAID at the National Institutes of Health and co-chaired by Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology director, Warner Green along with Dr. Anthony Fauci — was held in Maryland on March 25, 2008.
News reports detailing the findings of the event can be found here:
After 25 Years, AIDS Vaccine Research Makes Mid-course Correction
PBS: News Hour
NIH to Refocus HIV Vaccine Research
Pride Source
Researchers: We Need to Reassess HIV Vaccine Efforts
EDGE Boston
US government sees overhaul of AIDS vaccine effort
Reuters Africa
AIDS RESEARCH: Review of Vaccine Failure Prompts a Return to Basics
Science Magazine
Researchers say AIDS drugs failing
Contra Costa Times
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MicroRNAs Make Big Impression in Disease After Disease
By Jennifer Couzin
Science Magazine, March 28, 2008
From the heart to the blood to the pancreas and beyond, scientists are finding tantalizing hints that microRNAs can help keep us healthy or make us sick... MORE
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No. 1 Rank Helps Gladstone Recruit Brightest Postdocs
By Ron Leuty
San Francisco Business Times, March 7, 2008
It doesn't have the high-five appeal of a No. 1 college sports ranking, but securing a spot atop The Scientist magazine's list of U.S. sites for postdoctoral fellows could win some blue-chip recruits for the J. David Gladstone Institutes... MORE
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Stem Cell Therapy Breakthrough
By Bernadette Tansey
San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 2008
Researchers in San Francisco have discovered a new way to nudge human embryonic stem cells to form specialized cells - a potentially huge step toward the development of stem cell therapies to repair damaged hearts, nerves and other organs.... MORE
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Stimulating Thymus Reactivates T-Cell Production
HealthDay News, February 22, 2008
It's possible to stimulate the thymus gland to produce new immune system T-cells in adults infected with HIV, U.S. researchers say.
This HealthDay News feed was picked up by
U.S. News & World Report and by The Washington Post
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New Therapy Helps Boost Immune System of HIV Patients
By Ian Sample
The Guardian, February 22, 2008
Doctors have boosted the immune systems of long-term HIV patients with a new therapy designed to protect them from common but potentially lethal infections... MORE
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Controversial Hormone May Be Key To Fighting HIV
By Dr. Kim Mulvihill, MD
KPIX-TV CBS, February 21, 2008
Scientists from the Gladstone Institute at UCSF say that human growth hormone, which has been at the center of recent sports doping scandals, may be able to help patients with HIV... MORE
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Scientists Find New Receptor for H.I.V.
By Lawrence K. Altman
The New York Times, February 11, 2008
Government scientists have discovered a new way that H.I.V. attacks human cells, an advance that could provide fresh avenues for the development of additional therapies to stop AIDS... MORE
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AIDS Drugs: Doubling as Prevention?
By Hilary Hylton
Time Magazine, January 22, 2008
A Texas-based study has strengthened the possibility that common drugs used to treat HIV infection may someday work as a preventive against vaginal transmission of the virus.... MORE
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Key Bone Building Pathway Identified in Mice
By Steve Tokar
UCSF Today, January 22, 2008
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, and Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have uncovered a biochemical signaling pathway that leads to the formation of abnormally large bones in mice. For humans, the discovery may provide clues to both childhood bone formation and osteoporosis... MORE
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