Gladstone scientist Leor Weinberger (IMAGE) Gladstone Institutes Caption Leor Weinberger (left) and his team at Gladstone Institutes discovered a fundamental mechanism that appears to speed the transformation of stem cells into other cell types. Xinyue Chen (right) is one of the authors of the group's new study. Credit Photo: Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes Usage Restrictions Use only with proper credits to "Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes" License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.