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Gladstone in the News August 14, 2021

Scientists Say a “Doomsday” Variant after Delta Isn’t Likely. But Here’s What’s Possible

San Francisco Chronicle—Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, draws from his expertise as a virologist to explain how Delta and other coronavirus variants might evolve.

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Gladstone in the News August 5, 2021

How Dangerous Is the Delta Variant? Here’s What the Science Says

UCSF News—Associate Investigator Nadia Roan, PhD, explains why the coronavirus delta variant is so infectious, how antibodies and T cells contribute to immunity, and why vaccinated people should still wear masks.

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Gladstone in the News July 27, 2021

COVID’s Delta Strain “Behaves Uniquely”; CDC Urges Even Vaccinated People to Mask Up Indoors

COVID vaccines protect from serious illness but may not prevent vaccinated people from transmitting the delta variant. Gladstone Associate Investigator Nadia Roan, PhD, says that wearing a mask adds to the protective effect of vaccines and helps reduce the circulation of the highly contagious delta variant.

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Article July 23, 2021

Delta Variant Creates New Concerns about Possible COVID-19 Resurgence

Virus mutation and vaccination gap spur rise in cases nationwide

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Gladstone in the News July 6, 2021

Study Suggests Children Are Breathing CO2 When Wearing Masks, Experts Say Levels Are Not Dangerous

ABC7 News—A new study shows that wearing a mask increases slightly the amount of carbon dioxide children breathe. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava, MD, cautions that the study was small, the increase in carbon dioxide is not known to be dangerous, and that wearing a mask and getting vaccinated remain the best protections against COVID-19.

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Article July 1, 2021

Chasing the Cells That Predict Death from Severe COVID-19

Gladstone scientists have uncovered T-cell signatures that may help understand why some people succumb to severe COVID-19 while others recover

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Gladstone in the News June 20, 2021

Delta Coronavirus Strain Is Growing Fast in California, with Risk for Unvaccinated People

San Francisco Chronicle—Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, calls the Delta strain of the coronavirus, which originated in India, our biggest threat so far because it is rapidly spreading all over the world, and reminds us that other new strains may yet arise.

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Article June 11, 2021

What You Should Know about the COVID-19 Vaccines Now

12 Common Questions Answered by Gladstone’s Virologists

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Article May 28, 2021

Gladstone Scientist Uses YouTube to Fight COVID-19 Misinformation in India

Unable to return to his home country during the COVID-19 surge in India, a Gladstone postdoc took to YouTube to share useful information about the virus and how to stay protected

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Article May 26, 2021

A Comprehensive Profile of California’s “Homegrown” Coronavirus

New analysis suggests the California variant is more transmissible than unmutated strains, but vaccines are effective against it

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Article May 19, 2021

How COVID-19 Is Changing Academic Publishing

While the practice of placing papers on preprint servers ahead of peer review remains controversial in the scientific community worldwide, many Gladstone investigators are using bioRxiv to advance their research and get information out more quickly

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Gladstone in the News April 21, 2021

Women in Medicine Finally Have Spotlight in COVID-19 Fight After Decades of Diversity Building

ABC7 News—Senior Investigator Melanie Ott, PhD, Director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, talks about the long path to leadership and recognition for women in medicine.

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Gladstone in the News April 19, 2021

Worried about Your J&J COVID-19 Vaccine as Shots Are Paused? Don’t Be, Experts Say.

abc News—Gladstone Institutes President Deepak Srivastava, MD, describes possible symptoms of blood clots after vaccination with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but reiterates that such side effects are extremely rare and should not be a reason for alarm for the millions of people who have already received their J&J shot.

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Gladstone in the News April 8, 2021

At Home, on Your Phone, Results in Minutes: How COVID Has Changed the Future of Health Tests

San Francisco Business Times—Senior Investigator Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and Graduate Student Parinaz Fozouni explain how the CRISPR- and smartphone-based diagnostic platform they recently developed with UC Berkeley Dan Fletcher, PhD, and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, could allow low-cost and widespread testing and help to quickly curb the course of this and future pandemics.

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Article March 15, 2021

New Insights into How COVID-19 Causes Heart Damage

Gladstone scientists discover how the novel coronavirus damages heart muscle cells, and create a system that can be used to screen potential therapies

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