Gladstone in the News
May 26, 2020
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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Gladstone in the News
May 24, 2020
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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Gladstone in the News
May 18, 2020
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
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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Gladstone in the News
May 14, 2020
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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Greene Lab
Gladstone in the News
May 8, 2020
ScienceNews—A study in Hong Kong showed that a drug cocktail that boosts the power of the immune system may speed recovery from COVID-19. Gladstone Senior Investigator Warner Greene explains that the results also show that this approach requires treating patients early in the course of the disease.
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Article
May 6, 2020
People from around the world donate money and equipment to accelerate science at Gladstone
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Gladstone in the News
May 4, 2020
The Daily Star—Mir Khalid, a graduate student at Gladstone Institutes, participated in CoronaCast, a Facebook platform intended to share research-based information about the pandemic.
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Gladstone in the News
May 3, 2020
Science Cover—In addition to causing respiratory disease, COVID-19 can also affect the cardiovascular system, and indeed heart failure may be the cause of many COVID-19 deaths. At Gladstone, Senior Investigators Bruce Conklin and Todd McDevitt are using stem cell–derived heart cells and microtissues to investigate how COVID-19 affects heart cardiac function, and to identify new therapeutic targets.
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