Gladstone in the News
November 8, 2024
Bloomberg—Katerina Akassoglou, a neurovascular brain immunologist at Gladstone, and her team discovered that beyond serving as the virus’s “key” to enter cells, spike binds with a blood clotting factor called fibrinogen, causing a cascade of events that contribute to the neurological symptoms of long COVID.
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Gladstone in the News
September 26, 2024
ABC7 News—The most commonly reported symptom of long COVID is brain fog, which interferes with your ability to think clearly, remember things, and focus on a task. Senior Investigator Katerina Akassoglou explains the findings from her study that shed new light on what causes brain fog and the many other brain-related symptoms of long COVID and COVID-19.
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Gladstone in the News
August 29, 2024
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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Article
April 19, 2024
Research from Gladstone Institutes reveals that a blood coagulation protein is responsible for initiating toxic inflammation and neuron loss after a major head injury. The findings can inform new treatment strategies for a condition that often presents long-term health challenges.
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Gladstone in the News
March 9, 2022
abc7 news—Senior Investigator Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, commenting on two recent studies that show long-term neurological symptoms in some COVID-19 patients, suggests that these symptoms could result from blood leaks into the brain, which can happen even during a minor infection.
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