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Gladstone in the News August 29, 2024

Blood Clotting Protein Discovery Upends Conventional COVID-19 Thinking, IDs Potential Therapy

Inside Precision Medicine—A new study by Gladstone Senior Investigators Katerina Akassoglou and Warner Greene shows that fibrin, a blood coagulation protein, drives the cascade of symptoms that are the hallmarks of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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Gladstone in the News August 28, 2024

Structure Search Suggests Roles for Thousands of Viral Proteins

Chemical & Engineering News—In a new study, scientists in Jennifer Doudna’s lab probe how viruses interfere with host signaling. Postdoctoral Fellow Jason Nomburg explains how they assembled a database of predicted structures of viral proteins, and used it to find the functions of previously mysterious proteins.

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Article August 28, 2024

Discovery of How Blood Clots Harm Brain and Body in COVID-19 Points to New Therapy

A new study in Nature overturns the prevailing theory that blood clotting is merely a consequence of inflammation in COVID-19.

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Gladstone in the News August 27, 2024

San Francisco’s Role in the Mpox Fight

The Voice of San Francisco—Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, answers questions about mpox at a time when many people are wondering about the virus’s ability to become another global pandemic, and also talks about how she and her team are contributing to the fight against it.

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Article August 26, 2024

3D Shapes of Viral Proteins Point to Previously Unknown Roles

Scientists uncover an ancient immune-evading strategy shared by animal viruses and viruses that infect bacteria; findings may help in the development of new antiviral therapies

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Article August 26, 2024

PUMAS Program Receives Five-Year Grant to Fuel Outreach, Diversify Science

The impactful summer internship program, created at Gladstone Institutes, immerses select undergraduates in cutting-edge science

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Article August 19, 2024

Industry Partnership Forum Offers Insider Look at Scientific Breakthroughs from Gladstone

The annual event hosted by Gladstone Institutes showcases its most promising scientific discoveries for interested investors and potential industry partners

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Photo Album August 19, 2024

A Summer of Discovery at Gladstone

Photo highlights from the 2024 PUMAS Internship

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Article August 9, 2024

Meet Gladstone: Tselmen Daria

Bioinformatics fellow Tselmen Daria describes her work in the Tcheandjieu Lab, how her mother inspired her career, and why she chose to be a mentor this summer

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Gladstone in the News August 5, 2024

A Trainee’s Unconventional Path Into Regenerative Medicine

The Stem Cellar—CIRM intern Josh Nelson shares how he went from working as a technical director for various theaters to pursuing a science career, and explains the work he does in Bruce Conklin’s lab at Gladstone.

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Article July 23, 2024

Preventing Brain Damage in Preterm Babies

Researchers identify a root cause of developmental delays that result from brain bleeds in premature infants, opening a path for new therapeutic strategies to counter long-term health risks

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Gladstone in the News July 19, 2024

San Francisco Scientists Using AI in Hopes to Better Treat Cancer

ABC7 News—Gladstone's president Deepak Srivastava, and Katie Pollard, director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, explain how scientists are using artificial intelligence to pinpoint the best ways to treat cancer.

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Gladstone in the News July 19, 2024

With COVID Summer Wave Underway, When Should You Get Your Next Vaccine Shot?

San Francisco Chronicle—With the United States now experiencing a typical summer COVID surge, Gladstone Senior Investigator Nadia Roan helps break down how to make a personal decision about when to get your next vaccine.

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Article July 9, 2024

New One-Step Method to Make Multiple Edits to a Cell’s Genome

Scientists at Gladstone develop a more efficient way to make several, precise edits simultaneously to human cells

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Gladstone in the News June 27, 2024

Gladstone Institutes Launches $350 Million Campaign to Hire Hundreds of Scientists

San Francisco Business Times—Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava explains how the fundraising campaign will help Gladstone seize the opportunity to understand disease at an unprecedented level, in part by advancing work in artificial intelligence in health care and medicine and by taking basic discoveries from the lab bench to patients' bedsides. (Subscription Required.)

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