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In the News 2009

Researchers team up for stem cell work

By David Perlman
The San Francisco Chronicle, November 5, 2009
Stem cell researchers at the Gladstone Institute in San Francisco and Stanford Medical School have joined a new national consortium linking teams of scientists who normally work independently with other groups that seek to discover new therapies for varied human disorders...MORE

Former Duke Medical dean to lead Gladstone
By Ron Leuty
San Francisco Business Times, October 26, 2009
A former dean of the Duke University Medical Center will succeed Dr. Robert Mahley as president of the J. David Gladstone Institutes...MORE

Duke cardiologist to run Gladstone Institutes
By David Perlman
The San Francisco Chronicle, October 24, 2009
The Gladstone Institutes, the nationally known biomedical research center affiliated with UCSF, has named Dr. Robert S. Williams, a Duke University cardiologist, as its new president...MORE

San Francisco at Leading Edge of Global Neurotechnology Industry, Says New Report
Reuters, October 16, 2009
According to a new study conducted by NeuroInsights and sponsored by the Neurotechnology Industry Organization, the San Francisco Bay Area leads the world in neurotechnology—drugs, medical devices, biologics, cell-based therapeutics, and diagnostics for the treatment of brain and nervous system illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, depression, obesity, stroke, epilepsy and chronic pain...MORE

Stem Cells at a Glance

biobusiness.tv, October 1, 2009
What are the differences between embryonic, adult and induced pluripotent stem cells? Where do the experts expect the next medical application will be for stem cells? Do stem cells promote regeneration? How are cell types interacting? How can induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells revolutionize drug discovery? Can cell therapies be made into a viable business? How close are we to finding the right business model? Are investors interested in stem cells today? What is the political and ethical landscape like now that the Obama administration has taken over the White House?

Watch the video which includes Shinya Yamanaka talking about stem cell research in Episode 1 of biobusiness.tv's Stem Cell Review.

Yamanaka Wins Lasker Award for Stem Cell Research

By Jeffrey Norris
UCSF Today, September 16, 2009
Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a leading researcher at the UCSF-affiliated J. David Gladstone Institutes and at Kyoto University, has been recognized for a revolutionary achievement in the field of stem cell science with a prestigious Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award...MORE

SF Researcher recieves prestigeous award

KGO-TV ABC San Francisco, September 14, 2009
A researcher who revolutionized stem cells was awarded the Lasker Award...MORE

Laskers Honor Work On Stem Cells, Gleevec & Smoking Ban

By Scott Hensley
National Public Radio, September 14, 2009
This year's winners, just unveiled, are John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for work important to the understanding of stem cells; a trio of scientists involved in the development of Novartis's cancer drug Gleevec; and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the city's quest to improve public health...MORE

Leukemia, stem cell scientists, N.Y. mayor get Lasker Awards

By Elizabeth Weise
USA Today, September 14, 2009
One of the most prestigious prizes in medicine is being awarded this year to scientists working on stem cells and leukemia—and to New York's mayor for his fight to cut tobacco use...ARTICLE

Watch the video of Shinya Yamanaka talking about his discovery...VIDEO

The Nobel Prize Will Go To...
Who might the future winners be? Here are some candidates.

By Shirley S. Wang
The Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2009
Which scientists may be honored this year, and in the future? It's impossible to know for sure, since the selection process is notoriously secretive and often surprising...MORE

Gladstone's Yamanaka wins Nobel harbinger

By Ron Leuty
San Francisco Business Times, September 14, 2009
Gladstone Institutes scientist Dr. Shinya Yamanaka — whose Kyoto University lab discovered a method of reprogramming adult skin cells into embryonic-like skin cells — won the 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award...MORE

Awards Given for Leukemia Treatment, DNA Advances

The New York Times [from AP], September 14, 2009
Five scientists have won prestigious research awards for developing a life-saving leukemia treatment and for advances in “reprogramming” DNA, which led to a new kind of stem cell...MORE

Cell Pioneers Gurdon, Yamanaka Honored With Lasker Award

By Rob Waters
Bloomberg.com, September 14, 2009
One was the first to clone animals, another turned ordinary skin into stem cells that can form any cell in the body, and a third used his power and money to limit public smoking and fund health research...MORE

INTERVIEW: Genetic Link Found Between Reptile and Human Heart Evolution

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, September 10, 2009
Podcast interview with Benoit Bruneau, Ph.D., Associate Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco...MORE

Protein found as link to heart evolution

United Press International, September 8, 2009
U.S. scientists say they've found a specific protein helped the 3-chambered heart of amphibians evolve into the 4-chambered heart of birds and mammals...MORE

Heart study finds key gene to warm-bloodedness

By David Perlman
The San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2009
A San Francisco researcher investigating a rare but serious heart defect in newborns has discovered a major genetic factor that makes us the warm-blooded creatures we are...MORE

Secrets of the Four Chambers Revealed by Reptile Hearts

U.S.News & World Report, September 3, 2009
The first genetic link in the evolution of the heart from three-chambered to four-chambered has been found, illuminating part of the puzzle of how birds and mammals became warm-blooded...MORE

First genetic link between reptile and human heart evolution

By Asrat Kebede
Ethiopian Review, September 3, 2009
The research, published in the September 3 issue of the journal Nature, shows how a specific protein that turns on genes is involved in heart formation in turtles, lizards and humans...MORE

Link between reptile, human heart evolution

KGO-TV ABC San Francisco, September 2, 2009
Cold-blooded reptiles can tell us a lot about the development of the human heart...MORE

From Three to Four Chambers

By Laura Sanders
Science News, September 2, 2009
Lizards and turtles are not warm and cuddly, but they do have hearts — and interesting ones, at that...MORE

Secrets of the 4 chambers revealed by reptile hearts

R & D Magazine from Eureka Alert, September 2, 2009
The first genetic link in the evolution of the heart from three-chambered to four-chambered has been found, illuminating part of the puzzle of how birds and mammals became warm-blooded...MORE

First Genetic Link Between Reptile And Human Heart Evolution Found

Science Daily, September 2, 2009
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease 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...MORE

Secrets of the Four Chambers Revealed by Reptile Hearts

National Science Foundation, September 1, 2009
The first genetic link in the evolution of the heart from three-chambered to four-chambered has been found, illuminating part of the puzzle of how birds and mammals became warm-blooded...ARTICLE

Watch the video of Benoit Bruneau talking about the evolution of the four chambers of the heart from frogs to mammals...VIDEO

Brain changes may have led to Stone Age tools

By David Perlman
The San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2009
Once upon a time in the long evolution of Homo sapiens, a band of our African ancestors learned to use fire for more than cooking meat, lighting the dark or warding off attacking animals...MORE

Gladstone Institutes, Alitora to Co-Develop Search Software for Drug Discovery
genomeweb, August 21, 2009
The J. David Gladstone Institutes said this week that it is partnering with software firm Alitora Systems to develop a semantic search system targeted at drug discovery...MORE

Dementia linked to midlife cholesterol levels, long-term study finds
By Victoria Colliver for the San Francisco Chronicle
Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 11, 2009
A new study that looked at Kaiser Permanente Northern California members over a four-decade period found that even borderline to moderately high cholesterol levels in your 40s can significantly raise the chances of developing dementia later in life...MORE

microRNA: A new strategy to prevent restenosis?

By Lisa Nainggolan
TheHeart.org, July 9, 2009
A research topic in its infancy may one day offer the hope of a new treatment for restenosis, say scientists in the US...MORE

Young scientists feted at Buck center for age research Alzheimer's conference

Novato Advance, July 8, 2009
Young scientists presented their work and were recognized at the Alzheimer's Researchers' Symposium on June 30 at the Buck Institute in Novato, CA...MORE

Researchers Find Two miRNAs that Regulate Vascular Muscle Cell Plasticity

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, July 6, 2009
Two miRNAs control how muscle cells in blood vessels switch between the precursor state and mature, functioning cells, according to scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease...MORE

Genetic Factors That Hold Promise For Treatment Of Vascular Diseases

Science Daily, July 5, 2009
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have discovered a key switch that makes stem cells turn into the type of muscle cells that reside in the wall of blood vessels...MORE

Scientists Identify Key Factor That Controls HIV Latency

Science Daily, June 27, 2009
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Virology and Immunology have found another clue that may lead to eradication of HIV from infected patients who have been on antiretroviral therapy...MORE

Bringing HIV out of hiding

By Ron Leuty
San Francisco Business Times, June 26, 2009
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Virology and Immunology believe they have discovered a way to bring the AIDS virus out of hiding in certain patients, an important step toward potentially eradicating HIV....MORE

The APOE4 conundrum

By Lev Osherovich
Science-Business eXchange, June 18, 2009
An industry-academic partnership between Merck & Co. Inc. and The J. David Gladstone Institutes is hoping that modulating APOE4, a variant of apolipoprotein E that is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, will help treat the disease. However, controversy about how E4 influences AD has led other pharmas to pursue a completely different approach...MORE

Alzheimer's trials make a dent, offer hope

By Victoria Colliver
The San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 2009
Peter and Judy Hebert of San Anselmo are on the front lines of Alzheimer's disease research, with Peter participating in a number of clinical trials and continuing two approved therapies for the symptoms of the devastating brain disorder since his diagnosis seven years ago at age 62...MORE

Breakthrough comes in heart cell research

By Carolyn Johnson
KGO-TV ABC San Francisco, April 28, 2009
Aresearch team at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease uncovers key genetic factors in heart cells ...MORE

Making Heart Cells

By Karen Hopkin
Thechnology Review, April 27, 2009
A cocktail of proteins converts embryonic cells into cardiac cells that might someday replace damaged tissue...MORE

La receta para fabricar células del corazón

By María Valerio
elmundo.es, April 26, 2009
Todos los esfuerzos realizados hasta ahora para tratar de regenerar un corazón dañado, han obtenido resultados modestos...MORE

Stem Cells For The Damaged Heart: Key Factors In Heart Cell Creation Identified

ScienceDaily, April 26, 2009
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have identified for the first time key genetic factors that drive the process of generating new heart cells...MORE

New clues in difference in humans, chimps

By Carolyn Johnson
KGO-TV ABC San Francisco, April 20, 2009
Researchers in the Bay Area are uncovering new clues about what makes humans human...MORE

Pelosi rebuts critics of stem cell research

By Carla Marinucci
The San Francisco Chronicle, April 18, 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi forcefully responded to conservative critics of government funding for programs like stem cell research Friday, saying that under the Bush administration, “We've had a situation where it's faith or science - take your pick.” ...MORE

Some Stem Cell Research Limits Lifted

By Gardiner Harris
The New York Times, April 17, 2009
The Obama administration announced Friday that it planned to lift some but not all federal financing restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research, drawing criticism both from abortion opponents and from scientists who had expected a more liberal policy...MORE

Pelosi visits UCSF's stem cell lab

By Heather Ishimaru
KGO-TV ABC San Francisco, April 17, 2009
The National Institutes of Health issued new guidelines Friday for embryonic stem cell research. The new rules require researchers to use only cells from fertility clinic embryos that would otherwise be thrown away...MORE

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tours Labs at UCSF Mission Bay

KPIX-TV CBS San Francisco, April 17, 2009
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi toured laboratories at the University of California at San Francisco Mission Bay campus and the J. David Gladstone Institutes today to witness the latest developments in embryonic stem cell and genome sequencing research...MORE

House Speaker Pelosi Tours UCSF Mission Bay

By George Harris
KCBS-Radio San Francisco, April 17, 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured the University of California, San Francisco's Mission Bay Campus and the J. David Gladstone Institutes Friday to see first hand groundbreaking stem cell research...MORE

Pelosi: Stimulus just the start of Obama commitment to science

By Ron Leuty for San Francisco Business Times
Sacramento Business Journal, April 17, 2009
The economic stimulus plan could fund 16,000 scientific research grants that otherwise would not be funded, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said following a tour this morning of the Mission Bay campus of the University of California San Francisco...MORE

Dr. Paul Delgado Olguin Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who Executive, Professional and Entrepreneurial Registry

Cambridge Who's Who, April 9, 2009
Dr. Paul Delgado Olguin, Postdoctoral Fellow with Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of his career...MORE

Some grants before Passover

By Jacob Berkman
JTA, April 8, 2009
The Koret Foundation has announced a joint $3.6 million grant with Taube Philanthropies to establish a center for Huntington's disease research at the Gladstone Center for Translational Research...MORE

Stopping Food Fat from Becoming Body Fat – A New Drug Target

By Jeffrey Norris
UCSF Science Café, April 1, 2009
Fat-filled calories – how would you like to eat as many as the next guy, while he balloons out and you don't? That idea might not be as far–fetched as it sounds...MORE

Gairdner award honours noted stem-cell scientist

By Anne Mcilroy
UCSF Science Café, March 31, 2009
Shinya Yamanaka, the Japanese researcher who transformed skin cells from the wrinkled face of an 81-year-old man into stem cells, is one of this year's winners of the prestigious Canada Gairdner Awards for medical research...MORE

Skin to Stem Cell Breakthrough Promises Health Care Revolution

By Rob Waters
bloomberg.com, March 27, 2009
Jason Burnett and his 10-year-old son Andrew, both born with a genetic defect, have been recruited into an experiment designed to transform bits of their skin into stem cells that may someday hold the key to a cure...MORE

Gladstone scientists reveal key enzyme in fat absorption

Eureka! Science News, March 16, 2009
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Cardiovascular Disease have found that a key enzyme involved in absorbing fat may also be a key to reducing it...MORE

This story was also picked up by -- The New York Daily News, The London Daily Mail, Marie Claire, Science Daily, NHS News, Science Blog, PhysOrg.com, and others.

Stem Cell Companies Could See Big Payoff By Summer
By John Fowler
KTVU-TV San Francisco, March 10, 2009
WATCH THE VIDEO

Stem cell approval cheered in California
By Bernadette Tansey
The San Francisco Chronicle, March 10, 2009
Shares in California stem cell companies jumped and researchers rejoiced Monday after President Obama ended an eight-year limit on federal funding for studies of embryonic stem cells...MORE

Local scientists praise stem cell reversal
By Carolyn Johnson
ABC-7 KGO-TV San Francisco, March 09, 2009
President Obama has cleared the way for more federal dollars to go to stem cell research, saying he wants scientific decisions based on facts not ideology. The executive order is expected to have a major impact on the Bay Area...MORE

Obama Set To Reverse Federal Policy on Stem Cell Research Funding
California Healthline, March 9, 2009
On Monday, President Obama is expected to announce that he will reverse a policy put in place by former President George W. Bush that restricted federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, the New York Times reports (Stout/Harris, New York Times, 3/7)...MORE

Stem Cell Restrictions Being Reversed
By Bernadette Tansey
The San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 2009
President Obama plans to rescind limits on federal funding for research on human embryonic stem cells by signing an executive order Monday, fulfilling a campaign promise to frustrated supporters of the scientific work...MORE

A New Call to Defeat the HIV Virus

By David Perlman
The San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 2009
Scientists at major medical centers in the United States, the drug industry and AIDS advocates are calling for a new research effort to defeat, once and for all, the viral infections that have caused the global AIDS epidemic that kills more than two million people each year worldwide, despite the antiviral drugs that are keeping other millions alive even now...MORE

Stem Cells Created for Parkinson's Disease with Low Cancer Risk

By Marilyn Chase
Bloomberg.com, March 5, 2009
Skin cells from five Parkinson's disease patients were converted into stem cells that could be used to find treatments for the disabling illness, using a new process that minimizes a risk of cancer, scientists reported...MORE

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