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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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Video September 24, 2021

Waning Immunity and the Booster Shot

Gladstone experts discuss waning immunity against COVID-19 and whether you'll need a booster shot

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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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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 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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Gladstone in the News June 21, 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 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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Article April 13, 2021

World’s Largest Public ALS Data Portal Launched

Steve Finkbeiner is leading key components of this unprecedented resource to boost ALS research.

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Gladstone in the News March 30, 2021

AI Spots Cell Structures That Humans Can’t

Nature—Advances in artificial intelligence are enabling scientists to make discoveries from images of cells, by detecting features and patterns that are invisible to the human eye. Senior Investigator Steve Finkbeiner explains how his lab trained an algorithm to detect structures inside unlabeled cells, and differentiate live from dead cells.

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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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Gladstone in the News March 6, 2021

COVID: A User’s Guide to the Coronavirus Variants Emerging in California and Beyond

The Mercury News—Director of Gladstone Institute of Virology Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, comments on the new coronavirus variants and says vaccines currently distributed in the US protect against hospitalization and death from COVID-19.

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Gladstone in the News March 5, 2021

Women Who Lead Influencers: Finding a Way through a Crisis

San Francisco Business Times—Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, is one of several key Bay Area women life scientists sharing their views on their careers, the pandemic, and the path ahead for women leaders.

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Gladstone in the News March 4, 2021

SF Team Seeks COVID-19 Therapies and Ways to Defeat Future Coronaviruses

San Francisco Public Press—Senior Investigator Warner Greene describes the efforts of Gladstone scientists to discover ways to treat the acute and long-term consequences of COVID-19, and their hope of discovering antiviral approaches that could be ready for use to battle future pandemic viruses.

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