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Gladstone in the News May 26, 2020

Bay Area Must Enable Economic, Equitable Recovery

San Francisco Chronicle—Katie Pollard, director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, joined other Bay Area women scientists in an editorial on how the coronavirus pandemic has caused disproportionate challenges for women’s careers, and threatens to reinforce long-standing inequities in the STEM fields.

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Article May 25, 2020

Scientists Uncover Ways HIV Is Sexually Transmitted in Women

HIV remodels its target cells, facilitating spread from the female reproductive tract to the rest of the body, shows a new study at Gladstone Institutes.

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Gladstone in the News May 24, 2020

Love in the Time of Coronavirus: How Families and Friends May Reunite

San Francisco Chronicle—Senior Investigator Warner Greene comments on how people can reduce risks when resuming get-togethers with friends or family.

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Video May 21, 2020

Epilepsy: From Mechanism to Treatment

In this edition of the Newton Webinar Series, Jeanne Paz shared her lab’s unique approach to understanding the mechanisms of epilepsy and how it could lead to potential treatments.

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Gladstone in the News May 18, 2020

Combatting COVID-19 with Gladstone’s Warner Greene, MD, PhD

When Science Speaks Podcast—Senior Investigator Warner Greene shares his team’s plan to screen FDA-approved drugs to find those that could be repurposed to fight COVID-19.

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Gladstone in the News May 18, 2020

Coronavirus: Trump Predicts Vaccine Delivery by End of 2020. Experts Say That’s Not Likely.

The Mercury News—Scientists are racing to develop and test vaccines to protect people against COVID-19, and clinical trials to determine the efficacy of one leading vaccine candidate are scheduled to begin in July. Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, explained that vaccine development is a lengthy process, and the development of effective therapeutics may come before a vaccine is widely available.

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Video May 15, 2020

The Thinking Microscope: Reimagining Science through the Lens of AI and Robotics

Steve Finkbeiner explains how his lab uses machine learning and robotics to find answers to some of the world's most devastating diseases.

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Gladstone in the News May 14, 2020

A Minute of Talking Could Spray over 1,000 Droplets into the Air—Study

Inverse—A new study shows that speaking loudly can release droplets that contain coronavirus and have the potential to remain airborne for up to 14 minutes. Senior Investigator Warner Greene explains that any amount of the virus has the potential to cause infection.

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Video May 13, 2020

Finding Our Way Out: How Science Can Overcome the COVID-19 Crisis

Learn more about Gladstone's COVID-19 research projects and how science will overcome this pandemic.

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Article May 13, 2020

Digging Deeper: COVID-19 Answers at the Cellular Level

Where do you look for answers to COVID-19? One team at Gladstone is analyzing patient samples at the cellular level for answers to inform patient care and prevention.

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Article May 12, 2020

This Is Philanthropy’s Time: How Donors Are Providing Urgent Funding to End the Pandemic

As Gladstone scientists are moving to study COVID-19, urgent funding is needed to support their efforts.

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Article May 12, 2020

Commuting to the Lab during a Pandemic: Meet the Scientists Who Are Studying COVID-19

While many are working from home, these scientists are continuing to go to the lab in hopes of making a discovery that could lead to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Gladstone in the News May 12, 2020

SF’s Gladstone Institutes Splits Research Work in Battle against Coronavirus, Future Diseases

San Francisco Chronicle—Gladstone announced the formation of two new institutes that will shape the future of infectious disease research. Senior Investigator Melanie Ott with take the helm of the newly formed Gladstone Institute of Virology, and Senior Investigator Alexander Marson will direct the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology.

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Article May 8, 2020

Roddenberry Foundation Donates $1 Million to Support Gladstone COVID-19 Research

This generous gift will support Gladstone scientists who are pivoting their ongoing work to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Gladstone in the News May 8, 2020

Ask an Expert: Clinical Work to Combat COVID-19

KCBS—Gladstone Senior Investigator Nevan Krogan spoke to KCBS radio about his team’s efforts to find therapies for COVID-19.

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