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UCSF Awarded $67.5 Million to Develop New Antiviral Therapies

Gladstone in the News May 24, 2022

UCSF Awarded $67.5 Million to Develop New Antiviral Therapies

UCSF News—Nevan Krogan, PhD, a senior investigator at Gladstone and the director of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute at UC San Francisco, leads a vast, international collaborative effort to find drugs against COVID-19 called the QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG). The group recently received $67.5 million from the National Institutes of Health, the largest such award in UCSF's history, to pursue work on coronaviruses and other viruses with pandemic potential.

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Scientists Explain Why Getting Infected With Omicron Doesn’t Protect You From Other COVID Variants

Gladstone in the News May 23, 2022

Scientists Explain Why Getting Infected With Omicron Doesn’t Protect You From Other COVID Variants

ABC News—Gladstone virologists investigated the effect of the Omicron variant on the immune response. Melanie Ott describes her team’s discovery that previous infection with Omicron does not result in strong immunity to other known SARS-CoV-2 variants. However, as Nadia Roan explains, individuals who were vaccinated before becoming infected with Omicron did have a broadly protective immune response, emphasizing the importance of the vaccines in saving lives.

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What the Current Spike in Covid-19 Cases Could Say About the Coronavirus’ Future

Gladstone in the News May 18, 2022

What the Current Spike in Covid-19 Cases Could Say About the Coronavirus’ Future

STAT News—COVID-19 case numbers are rising once again across the United States. Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, explains that the virus is adapting to a new immune landscape, with variants emerging that are able to cause infection even in individuals who were previously infected.

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Bay Area Scientists Explain the Chances of COVID Reinfections as Omicron Subvariants Spread

Gladstone in the News May 13, 2022

Bay Area Scientists Explain the Chances of COVID Reinfections as Omicron Subvariants Spread

ABC News—COVID-19 case numbers are rising in the San Francisco Bay Area, driven by sublineages of the Omicron variant. Gladstone virologist Warner Greene explains that the new subvariants are more infectious, and can evade the antibodies produced in response to vaccination and previous infection.

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“Let’s Knock on Wood” the Vaccine Will Protect against New COVID-19 Variants, Says Expert

Gladstone in the News April 20, 2022

“Let’s Knock on Wood” the Vaccine Will Protect against New COVID-19 Variants, Says Expert

KCBS News—Although Omicron and related new variants can infect vaccinated people, Senior Investigator Warner Greene says vaccines still protect us well against severe disease, and urges people to get at least one booster shot.

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Wayne Thiebaud’s Largest Landscape Work Heads to Auction for the First Time. Here’s How Much It’s Estimated To Sell For

Gladstone in the News April 19, 2022

Wayne Thiebaud’s Largest Landscape Work Heads to Auction for the First Time. Here’s How Much It’s Estimated To Sell For

San Francisco Chronicle—Two decades ago, Gladstone commissioned a landscape painting from the artist Wayne Thiebaud. Now the painting is up for auction, with the proceeds targeted to supporting scientific training at Gladstone in honor of the painter’s legacy of mentorship.

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