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Photo Album May 28, 2025

Milestones in the COVID-19 Pandemic

A look back at highlights since 2020.

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Video May 27, 2025

Culture Is Our Superpower | The Gladstone Difference

Discover how Gladstone fosters an environment in which people are having fun, working hard, and driven to save human lives.

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Article May 22, 2025

From Chaos to Clarity: New Tool Finds Connections in Complex Cell Data

A powerful computation tool integrates different forms of biological data to reveal how cell types are related across tissues, experiments, and species—information that’s crucial for understanding disease.

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Gladstone in the News May 20, 2025

Deepak Srivastava: NIH Cuts Threaten Health, Economy

The Voice of San Francisco—Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava reflects on how uncertainties about federal research funding are jeopardizing scientists’ efforts to find new disease cures.  

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Article May 19, 2025

Meet Gladstone: Sarah Nyquist

Sarah Nyquist is a bioinformatics fellow, researching human mammary gland milk production to address the gap in understanding how disease, lifestyle, and genetics impact breast milk.

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Video May 14, 2025

Science in Seconds | Gladstone Researchers Tackle Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Disease

Bruce Conklin and his team at Gladstone are tackling Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, the most common inherited neurological disorders—for which there is currently no cure.

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Article May 13, 2025

Zhaoqi Yan Named a 2025 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar

Gladstone researcher receives prize to study blood-brain barrier dysfunction and its impact on neurological disease.

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Article May 7, 2025

Karin Pelka Wins Grant to Advance Immunotherapy for Colorectal Cancer

The Colorectal Cancer Alliance has awarded Pelka a $500,000 grant to develop novel immunotherapies that overcome the most common form of colorectal cancer.

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Article May 1, 2025

Ultimate Self-Sacrifice: Bacteria Activate Unusual Defense to Evade Viral Attack

Scientists discover that a well-known defense system in some bacteria can kill the cell as a last resort if viruses try to thwart it.

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Article April 28, 2025

2025 Searle Scholar Andrew Yang to Expand Inquiry into Blood-Brain Barrier

The Gladstone scientist has received a prize to study how molecules cross the blood-brain barrier and influence brain health.

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Gladstone in the News April 25, 2025

Could a Virus Trigger Alzheimer’s Disease?

AARP—Lennart Mucke, director of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, does not think that viruses cause Alzheimer's disease, but suggests that they may act as environmental triggers that interact with genetic factors to contribute to disease.

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Article April 24, 2025

5 Ways Gladstone Is Harnessing DNA to Overcome Disease

For National DNA Day, discover how Gladstone scientists are utilizing the power of DNA to deepen our understanding of disease.

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Article April 23, 2025

Could This Molecule Be ‘Checkmate’ for Coronaviruses?

Scientists develop powerful drug candidates that could head off future coronavirus pandemics.

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Gladstone in the News April 21, 2025

SF100: The Standard’s Highly Subjective, Nearly Definitive, Surely Divisive List of Who Holds Power, Influence, and Attention in San Francisco in 2025

The San Francisco Standard—The San Francisco Standard published a list of 100 of the most influential, powerful, and culturally relevant people in San Francisco. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava was named to the list as one of “The Solvers”, who, in a city full of old challenges, are finding new solutions. Srivastava was recognized due to his leadership of leading scientists searching for breakthroughs in immunology, stem cells, neurodegenerative diseases, HIV, and cancer.  

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Article April 21, 2025

3 Steps to Manage Stress When You Work in a Lab

Gladstone’s in-house therapist, Jillian Goldstein shares tips to help you cope with stress