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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 25, 2020

Meet an IGI Scientist: Bruce Conklin

Innovative Genomics Institute—In a biographical interview, Gladstone Investigator Bruce Conklin describes how he was inspired to pursue basic research by a patient he encountered in medical school, and shares his love of history and animal watching.

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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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Gladstone in the News August 15, 2020

How Will the Bay Area Distribute a Possible Coronavirus Vaccine?

San Francisco Chronicle—Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, and a number of Bay Area experts explain the complexities of manufacturing and delivering vaccines against the coronavirus efficiently and safely, and stress the necessity for the scientific and health authorities to build public trust about these vaccines.

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Gladstone in the News August 10, 2020

Facebook Live: Warner Greene, MD, PhD—An Infectious Diseases Expert on the "Open Questions" of COVID-19 Immunity

MedPage Today—Gladstone Senior Investigator Warner Greene spoke to MedPage Today about how the human immune system reacts to SARS-CoV-2, and the prospects for a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Article August 7, 2020

Let’s Clear up Some Confusion about COVID-19

Scientists clarify three common coronavirus misconceptions

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Gladstone in the News August 7, 2020

Why the Time to Get Back COVID-19 Test Results in Bay Area Ranges from 2 Weeks to 2 Days

San Francisco Chronicle—Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, bemoans the increasing delays in testing for coronavirus infection and the lost opportunity for contact tracing.

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Article August 6, 2020

We’re in Trouble. And Masking Is Our Way Out.

We must come together, setting politics aside, if we want to beat the COVID-19 pandemic

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Gladstone in the News August 4, 2020

Class during COVID: Tips for Safety and Sanitation

NBCBoston—Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, offers tips to help parents and children adopt safe practices and prevent the spread of the coronavirus when school resumes.

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Gladstone in the News August 3, 2020

Protein Interactions Point the Way to Drugs against COVID-19

Medium—Senior Investigator Nevan Krogan, PhD, explains his group's recent discovery of the cellular processes the coronavirus commandeers to grow and propagate and how this information can be harnessed for drug development.

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Gladstone in the News August 2, 2020

“We’re Missing Huge Amounts of Data.” Why We Still Can’t Track the Spread of COVID-19 across the Bay Area

San Francisco Chronicle—Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, comments on the lack of data impeding efforts to understand the spread of the coronavirus in California, and the necessity to wear masks.

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Gladstone in the News July 31, 2020

Inside SF’s New Biosafety Lab, Where Scientists Wrangle Live Coronavirus

KQED—Mauricio Montano, director of Gladstone's new BSL-3 lab, and Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, explain how scientists will use the high-level biosafety lab for COVID-19 research, and how they must gear up before getting in the door.

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