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Gladstone in the News May 2, 2020

Ingredient in Common Over-the-Counter Cough Medicines Helps Coronavirus Grow, Says Research

MEAWW—Gladstone Investigator Nevan Krogan describes his efforts to identify drugs that affect COVID-19, including the finding that a component of cough syrup may have the undesirable effect of improving viral replication.

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Gladstone in the News May 2, 2020

Why the Bay Area’s Coronavirus “Curves” Look Better than LA’s

Vallejo Times-Herald—Gladstone virologist Warner Greene speculates that while social distancing has helped keep the coronavirus in check in the Bay Area, people in warmer Southern California may be experiencing “COVID-19 fatigue”, and their increased outings are allowing the virus to spread.

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Article May 1, 2020

Protecting the Heart from COVID-19

Cardiac effects of COVID-19 are starting to show in patients and researchers are ready to fight it.

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Gladstone in the News May 1, 2020

What Will the World Look like When COVID-19 Crisis Is Over?

The Mercury News—Bay Area research organizations, including Gladstone Institutes, are leading the hunt for COVID-19 therapies and preventative strategies.

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Gladstone in the News May 1, 2020

Chasing a Killer

San Francisco Chronicle—Gladstone Senior Investigator Nevan Krogan describes his team’s rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how by mapping the interactions between SARS-CoV-2 and human cells they hope to identify ways to eliminate the deadly virus.

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Gladstone in the News April 30, 2020

Old Drugs May Find a New Purpose: Fighting the Coronavirus

New York Times—Gladstone Investigator Nevan Krogan describes his team’s effort to identify drugs that target the human proteins that interact with SARS-CoV-2, and the hope that this effort may lead to effective therapies for COVID-19 that can move rapidly through the testing and approval process.

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Gladstone in the News April 30, 2020

Scientists Have Discovered Drugs That Block Coronavirus, Paving Way for “a Better Drug Sooner”

San Francisco Chronicle—Gladstone Senior Investigator Nevan Krogan explains his team’s efforts to understand how COVID-19 interacts with human cells, and how they are using that information to identify drugs that could be used to fight the virus.

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Gladstone in the News April 30, 2020

Coronavirus: Repurposing Drugs to Protect Human Cells

The Mercury News—Nevan Krogan explains his team’s approach to finding drugs to confront the COVID-19 pandemic: hunting for drugs that target the human proteins on which the virus relies.

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Gladstone in the News April 30, 2020

UCSF Part of Worldwide Collaborative Effort to Fight COVID-19

NBC Bay Area—Senior Investigator Nevan Krogan describes his team’s effort to identify drugs that disrupt the interactions between human cells and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Gladstone in the News April 30, 2020

Research Shows Common Cough Syrup Ingredient Makes Coronavirus Grow More

KQED—Gladstone Senior Investigator Nevan Krogan and his team found that many drugs already approved by the FDA for other purposes may be useful to treat COVID-19. The research also reveals that an ingredient commonly found in cough suppressants can cause the SARS-CoV-2 virus to grow more quickly in the lab setting.

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Gladstone in the News April 30, 2020

Gladstone Institutes Researchers Tackle Coronavirus with Robotics, Mobile Phone Technology

Engineering.com—Gladstone Senior Investigators Melanie Ott and Jennifer Doudna are collaborating with scientists across the Bay Area to develop a rapid COVID-19 testing platform that pairs CRISPR technology with a smartphone camera.

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Article April 30, 2020

Nature Publication Presents New “Blueprint” Revealing How SARS-CoV-2 Virus Hijacks Human Cells

Points to drugs with potential to fight COVID-19, and a drug that promotes infection

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Article April 29, 2020

Finding COVID-19 Treatments in FDA-Approved Drugs for Rapid Repurposing

There are thousands of prescription drugs already approved by the FDA for treating diseases. Can one of them work for COVID-19?

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Gladstone in the News April 28, 2020

Can You Get the Coronavirus Twice?

Medium—Amidst reports that some individuals who were thought to have recovered from COVID-19 later tested positive, scientists are investigating whether infection confers a lasting immunity. Gladstone Senior Investigator Warner Greene explains how little is known about this novel virus and how the human immune system responds to it.

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Gladstone in the News April 28, 2020

Can You Get the Coronavirus Twice?

Medium—Amidst reports that some individuals who were thought to have recovered from COVID-19 later tested positive, scientists are investigating whether infection confers a lasting immunity. Gladstone Senior Investigator Warner Greene explains how little is known about this novel virus and how the human immune system responds to it.

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