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Article October 6, 2025

Katerina Akassoglou Receives Zenith Fellows Award to Advance Alzheimer’s Research

Akassoglou has opened doors to understanding how the blood protein fibrin is involved in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Article July 23, 2024

Preventing Brain Damage in Preterm Babies

Researchers identify a root cause of developmental delays that result from brain bleeds in premature infants, opening a path for new therapeutic strategies to counter long-term health risks

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Article June 8, 2023

Revealing How Blood Triggers Brain Disease

New research into how blood makes the brain’s immune cells toxic points to new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis

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Article December 7, 2021

Katerina Akassoglou Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Gladstone scientist receives highest distinction for academic inventors

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Gladstone in the News October 7, 2021

Meet the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business, Class of 2021

San Francisco Business Times—Senior Investigator Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, was picked by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the most influential women in business in the Bay Area this year.

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Article August 24, 2021

Overcoming Obstacles to Promote Repair in Multiple Sclerosis

Study points to a new promising therapy against toxic blood leaks in the brain

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Article March 26, 2021

Leading the Way to Better Treatments for People with Epilepsy

Gladstone researchers harness unique tools and perspectives to study life-threatening seizures that lack a cure

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Article February 16, 2021

Blood-Clotting Protein Plays Key Role in Central Nervous System B-Cell Lymphoma

Gladstone researchers discover new links between lymphoma growth and leaks in the blood-brain barrier

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