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Red Blood Cells Soak Up Sugar at High Altitude, Protecting Against Diabetes

5 hours ago gladstone.org diabetes health

Scientists outlined the technology for a new CRISPR-based test for COVID-19 that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in under 30 minutes

5 years ago gladstone.org covid

Using human brain cells, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered how to erase the potential damaging effects in human brain cells caused by apoE4, the primary genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, by changing it, with a small molecule, into a harmless apoE3-like version.

7 years ago gladstone.org brain disease genetics

In a scientific first, researchers turned skin cells from mice into induced pluripotent stem cells by activating a single gene using CRISPR technology, offering a potentially simpler technique to produce pluripotent stem cells which can be turned into virtually any cell type in the body.

8 years ago gladstone.org