Gladstone in the News
June 27, 2020
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel—Senior Investigator Nevan Krogan, PhD, explains his team's latest discovery that drugs belonging to a class known as kinase inhibitors can slow SARS-CoV-2 proliferation in cultured cells more efficiently than the antiviral Remdesivir.
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Gladstone in the News
June 19, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle—As nice weather and summer celebrations beckon, Senior Investigator Warner Greene comments on the need for people to socialize after months in lock-down, but warns against the dangers for large social gatherings to spread the coronavirus.
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Gladstone in the News
June 16, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle—Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, comments on the recent report that dexamethasone, a common anti-inflammatory drug, reduces the death rate of severely ill COVID-19 patients by one third.
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Gladstone in the News
June 2, 2020
The New York Times—Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, is one of the virologists prominently featured in this detailed account of the COVID-19 pandemic and of scientists’ efforts to understand and fight the coronavirus.
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Gladstone in the News
May 31, 2020
San Francisco Chronicle—Wearing a mask is increasingly mandated by businesses and local jurisdictions, but some people have refused to comply. Senior Investigator Warner Greene explains that since the coronavirus is spread by respiratory droplets, a mask is an extremely effective way to reduce transmission.
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Gladstone in the News
May 29, 2020
Deep Background with Noah Feldman—Alex Marson, director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, shares the results of his lab's evaluation of currently available antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Gladstone in the News
May 29, 2020
SF Business Times—Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, was recently named one of the most influential women in Bay Area business by the San Francisco Business Times. She reflects on the similarities between the AIDS crisis and the current COVID-19 pandemic, and describes how her lab has refocused their efforts on the novel virus.
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Gladstone in the News
May 29, 2020
San Francisco Business Times—Early on in the pandemic, Gladstone Senior Investigator Jennifer Doudna, PhD, co-discoverer of CRISPR, recognized the need for safe, reliable, and rapid COVID-19 testing. She quickly mobilized a team of scientists from UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, and elsewhere to develop a high-throughput detection assay and test vulnerable and at-risk populations in the Bay Area. Doudna was recently named one of the most influential women in Bay Area business by the San Francisco Business Times.
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