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Gladstone in the News October 1, 2020

Researchers Uncover How Sars-Cov-2 Inflicts Damage on Heart Cells

Technology Network—Senior Investigator Bruce Conklin, MD, explains how SARS-CoV-2 damages heart cells and how heart cells grown in the lab could be used to screen for drugs against infection by the novel coronavirus.

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Gladstone in the News September 26, 2020

CRISPR Screening Identifies Human Host Pathways That Facilitate Coronavirus Infection

Life Science—The online science news hub Life Sciences highlights recent work from Senior Investigators Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and Nevan Krogan, PhD, and their colleagues at BioHub and Synthego Corporation. The work describes the identification of host factors common to three coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2, and could help bootstrap efforts to stem current and future coronavirus epidemics.

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Gladstone in the News September 22, 2020

Some Covid-19 Patients Show Signs of Heart Damage Months Later

The Wall Street Journal—Senior Investigator Todd McDevitt, PHD, comments on the damage SARS-CoV-2 can inflict on heart cells, which he and Senior Investigator Bruce Conklin, MD, recently reported in an article deposited on bioRxiv.

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Gladstone in the News September 14, 2020

How COVID Hits the Heart and What That Means

The New Indian Express—The New Indian Express integrates the recent findings of Senior Investigators Todd McDevitt, PhD, and Bruce Conklin, MD, in an opinion piece about the effects of COVID-19 on the heart.

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Gladstone in the News September 14, 2020

If You’ve Just Had COVID, Exercise Might Not Be Good for You

Wired—In an article about the potential dangers of strenuous exercise for people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, Senior Investigator Bruce Conklin, MD, is quoted for likening to "carnage" the damage the virus can inflict on heart cells. Conklin and Senior Investigator Todd McDevitt, PhD, recently reported their observations of cardiac cells from deceased COVID-19 patients or grown in the lab in BioRxiv.

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Gladstone in the News September 13, 2020

Novel Coronavirus Could be Slicing Heart Muscles Cells into Pieces, Eating up DNA: Study

The Times of India—The Times of India reports the recent discovery by Senior Investigators Todd McDevitt, PhD, and Bruce Conklin, MD, that SARS-CoV-2 can inflict severe damage to heart cells, and puts it in the context of several examples of cardiovascular failure in patients recovering from COVID-19 in India.

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Gladstone in the News September 10, 2020

What Is COVID-19 Doing to Our Hearts?

The New Republic—Senior investigator Todd McDevitt, PhD, explains how his recent discovery that SARS-CoV-2 inflicts severe damage on heart cells could explain why some people experience symptoms of heart malfunction months after they recover from COVID-19. McDevitt stresses that COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease, and could instead lead to permanent damage to various organs, even in young people.

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Gladstone in the News September 10, 2020

Post-COVID Heart Damage Alarms Researchers: “There Was a Black Hole” in Infected Cells

Yahoo! News—Some individuals who survive the initial bout with COVID-19 experience heart damage weeks or months later. Gladstone Investigator Todd McDevitt explains how his recent research shows that SARS-CoV-2 can devastate heart muscle cells, which could have long-term consequences for heart function.

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Gladstone in the News September 8, 2020

Coronavirus May Dice Heart Muscle Fibers into Tiny Snippets, Remove Cells’ DNA

Live Science—Senior Investigators Todd McDevitt, PhD, and Bruce Conklin, MD, comment on their recent discovery that SARS-CoV-2 infects and destroys heart muscle cells grown in the lab and may do so in the hearts of COVID-19 patients as well.

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Gladstone in the News September 4, 2020

Bay Area Researchers Explain “Concerning” Effects of COVID-19 on Human Hearts

ABC7 News—As sports teams and colleges consider restarting the athletics season, Senior Investigator Todd McDevitt, PhD, and Gladstone President and Cardiologist Deepak Srivastava, MD, express concern that damage to the heart caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection could put athletes at risk for serious heart problems even if they only experienced mild COVID-19 symptoms.

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Gladstone in the News September 3, 2020

“Carnage” in a Lab Dish Shows How the Coronavirus May Damage the Heart

STAT—Senior Investigators Todd McDevitt, PhD, and Bruce Conklin, MD, comment on their recent findings of severe damage in cardiac cells exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in the lab and in the heart cells of deceased COVID-19 patients. They also explain why they felt the need to share these findings rapidly with the scientific community via the preprint publishing platform bioRxiv.

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Gladstone in the News August 28, 2020

The Biothriller That Wasn’t: A Cautionary Tale of Being a Virologist during an Epidemic

Newsweek—In an article about researchers facing legal pursuits for practicing open science during an avian flu epidemic, Gladstone Institute of Virology Director Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, is quoted praising the spirit of collaboration and data-sharing that pervades current research on COVID-19.

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Gladstone in the News August 27, 2020

"Exciting" Study Explains Why Men Are More Vulnerable to Coronavirus

Inverse—A new study from researchers at Yale University showed that males have a less robust T cell response to the coronavirus than females do. Gladstone virologist Warner Greene comments that this finding may in part explain why men are more likely to die from COVID-19 than women, and that it suggests men and women may benefit from different treatments.

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Gladstone in the News August 23, 2020

Is Convalescent Plasma a COVID Breakthrough? Stanford Study Could Give Fresh Insights.

San Francisco Business Times—Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, bemoans the disagreements among federal health leaders and the lack of coordinated federal response to the pandemic, while also expressing cautious confidence in the therapeutic value of convalescent plasma and of other immune-based therapies.

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Gladstone in the News August 23, 2020

T Cells, the Body’s Antiviral Snipers, Look Promising for a Coronavirus Vaccine

San Francisco Chronicle—Gladstone scientist Nadia Roan explains how her recent discoveries provide hope that it may be possible to harness the power of T cells to kill coronavirus and develop an effective vaccine.

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