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You’re Missing Microbes. But Is “Rewilding” the Way to Get Them Back?

Gladstone in the News July 19, 2021

You’re Missing Microbes. But Is “Rewilding” the Way to Get Them Back?

New York Times—The microbiome plays a role in many autoimmune conditions, and some scientists believe that fecal transplants from individuals living in non-industrialized cultures may provide a solution. Katie Pollard, director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, explains why it may not be that easy.

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Can CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Testing Using Smartphones Slow the Pandemic?

Gladstone in the News December 13, 2020

Can CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Testing Using Smartphones Slow the Pandemic?

Forbes—In an article about the need for rapid testing to monitor and curb the COVID-19 pandemic, Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, explains the advantages of the CRISPR- and smartphone-based detection platform she developed with Senior Investigator and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, and UC Berkeley Professor Dan Fletcher, PhD.

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COVID Test May Be as Close as Your Smartphone, Say UC, Gladstone Researchers

Gladstone in the News December 11, 2020

COVID Test May Be as Close as Your Smartphone, Say UC, Gladstone Researchers

San Francisco Business Times—Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, discusses the rapid, smartphone-based Coronavirus detection assay her group recently described in the scientific publication Cell. The assay was developed by Graduate Student Parinaz Fozouni, in collaboration with the labs of Senior Scientist and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, and of UC Berkeley Bioengineering Professor Dan Fletcher, PhD.

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Fast, Cheap, Accurate: Researchers Pin Hopes on Nobel Prize–Winning CRISPR Technology to Detect Coronavirus

Gladstone in the News October 28, 2020

Fast, Cheap, Accurate: Researchers Pin Hopes on Nobel Prize–Winning CRISPR Technology to Detect Coronavirus

USA Today—Senior Investigator and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, shares her view of CRISPR-based coronavirus detection kits and the possibility they might be deployed during the current pandemic. She and Senior Investigator Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, recently described the test they developed together in a publication posted on the electronic preprint platform bioRxiv.

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Doudna Inc.: How Cal Scientist Created a Biotech Startup Engine

Gladstone in the News October 6, 2020

Doudna Inc.: How Cal Scientist Created a Biotech Startup Engine

San Francisco Business Times—As Scribe Therapeutics Inc., the latest company founded by Senior Investigator Jennifer Doudna, PhD, announced that it landed a deal with Biogen Inc., Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava, MD, commented on the importance of CRISPR-based biotech companies for medicine and agriculture and on Doudna’s drive as a scientist.

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CRISPR Screening Identifies Human Host Pathways That Facilitate Coronavirus Infection

Gladstone in the News September 27, 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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