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Episodes
38 episodes
How a Single Viral Protein Hijacks Immune Cells to Supercharge COVID-19 Infection
A team of scientists at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco discovered how a SARS-CoV-2 protein reprograms immune cells to accelerate viral spread, pointing to a new strategy for therapeutic intervention.
Scientists Decode Gene Circuits of Human Immunity, Fueling New Era of Disease Research
An unprecedented map of 22 million immune cells provides the functional rulebook for virtual biology and next-generation immunotherapies.Read this story on
New Toolkit Turns Macrophages Into Better Cancer Fighters
A team of scientists from Gladstone and UCSF developed a new method to genetically edit myeloid cells, immune cells that act as the body’s first responders.
New CRISPR Screening Platform Boosts Power of Immunotherapy Against Solid Tumors
A new screening platform uncovers gene edits that enhance CAR-T cells’ ability to infiltrate and eliminate solid tumors.
Engineered Human Neurons Rebuild Damaged Spinal Cord Circuits
In a new study published in Science Translational Medicine, Gladstone scientists show that stem cell-derived spinal neurons can integrate into damaged neural networks in rats and improve breathing-related motor function after a traumatic spinal...
Heart Disease Genetic Risk: New Study Reveals Why Populations Differ
For decades, a DNA-based test for cardiovascular disease seemed to work for Europeans and others but not Africans. Gladstone scientists just discovered why, with implications for many other diseases.
Misfolded DNA Blueprint: A New Origin for Genetic Disease
By studying a gene linked to congenital heart defects, scientists uncovered a new mechanism for how small drops in protein levels scramble the 3D structure of DNA, resulting in disease.
Controlling Oxygen to Fight Disease
New research shows low oxygen can help alleviate disease caused by defects in a mitochondrial quality control machinery.Read this story on Gladstone.org....
Mapping How the Brain Takes Out Its Trash
Gladstone scientists developed a new tool to trace how the brain clears “waste,” uncovering surprising new biology about how it keeps itself healthy.Read the study, ...
A Gene That Keeps Stem Cells From Losing Their Way
Thirty years after discovering a gene, Shinya Yamanaka and his team show that it’s essential for keeping intestinal stem cells stable, offering insight into how tissues repair themselves.
AI Discovery Reveals DNA Isn’t Locked Away in Cells After All
A new study upends long-held view about how DNA is stored, explaining how subtle shifts in gene activity contribute to cancer, aging, and other complex diseases.
A Universal Toolkit for Editing Bacterial DNA
Scientists at Gladstone expanded their retron-based genome editing technology beyond E. coli, showing it works in 15 diverse bacterial species.Read this ar...
Scientists Map How HIV Hijacks Human Cells—and How Cells Can Fight Back
A team of scientists at Gladstone and UCSF created a new genetic roadmap that reveals hundreds of hidden players in HIV infection, including two proteins that stop HIV in its tracks.
How an Alzheimer’s Risk Gene Disrupts Brain Circuits Long Before Memory Loss
New findings on the APOE4 gene variant point to a potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease. Read this story on g...
New AI Model Predicts How Cells Age
Trained on data spanning the human lifespan, the tool developed at Gladstone can predict genes associated with aging and age-related diseases. Details appear in new study led by Christina Theodoris, MD, PhD, whose team developed the model.<...
Why Some People Naturally Control HIV Even After Stopping Therapy—and How We Can Leverage That to Treat Others
A team of Gladstone scientists, led by Nadia Roan, uncovered a new path toward life without daily HIV pills, suggesting that a common diabetes pill could help achieve long-term remission.
New Tool Reveals the Secrets of HIV-Infected Cells
A team of scientists, led by Gladstone Investigator Nadia Roan, developed a novel tool, named HIV-seq, that could uncover new opportunities for treating HIV.Read the scien...
Vitamin B3 Therapy Offers Hope for Fatal Childhood Disease
A new framework that matches vitamins with genetic diseases helped uncover that high-dose vitamin B3 can dramatically extend survival in mice with NAXD deficiency.
Red Blood Cells Soak Up Sugar at High Altitude, Protecting Against Diabetes
A team of scientists discovered that red blood cells act as hidden glucose sponges in low-oxygen conditions, explaining why people living at high altitude have lower diabetes rates and pointing toward new treatments.
Disrupted Boundary Between Cell Types Linked to Common Heart Defects
In a new study featured in Nature Cardiovascular Research, Gladstone scientists identified a cellular boundary that guides heart development and revealed how disrupting it can lead to holes in the heart’s wall.
Gene Editing Strategy Could Treat Hundreds of Inherited Diseases More Effectively
A team of scientists at Gladstone developed a new gene editing method and showed that only a few variations of the therapy could treat the majority of patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Genomic Maps Untangle the Complex Roots of Disease
Gladstone Institutes researcher Alex Marson and his collaborators at Stanford University developed a genomic mapping technique that helps close the gap in understanding why certain genetic variants are tied to disease.
The Genome Editing Playbook Is Different in Neurons
A new study by scientists from Gladstone, the Innovative Genomics Institute, and UC Berkeley could influence how gene therapies are designed for many genetic diseases.