In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gladstone scientists have rapidly pivoted the focus of their research labs to the novel virus, SARS-CoV-2. Specifically, they are leveraging their established tools, unique infrastructure, and diverse expertise in virology to develop improved diagnostics, identify targeted treatment strategies, and invent preventative approaches. Gladstone scientists were instrumental in converting HIV/AIDS from a uniformly lethal disease into a chronic condition, and are now bringing the same urgency and focus to combatting COVID-19 in a comprehensive manner. A few examples are detailed below.
This work is made possible in part because Gladstone has biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) facilities on-site, which are now dedicated to work on COVID-19. The BSL-3 research will be overseen by Melanie Ott, in partnership with UC San Francisco and its Institutional Biosafety Committee and Director of High Containment Laboratories.
In the coming weeks Gladstone will open a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) lab which will allow researchers to carry out research with live viruses while keeping themselves, the building, and the environment safe from contamination. Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and BSL-3 Lab Director Mauricio Montano answer some of the questions around this decision and its potential impact.
To ensure our work does the greatest good, Gladstone Institutes focuses on conditions with profound medical, economic, and social impact—unsolved diseases. Gladstone is an independent, nonprofit life science research organization that uses visionary science and technology to overcome disease. It has an academic affiliation with UC San Francisco.
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