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What Is COVID-19 Doing to Our Hearts?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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How Will the Bay Area Distribute a Possible Coronavirus Vaccine?

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

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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