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Gladstone in the News May 14, 2020

A Minute of Talking Could Spray over 1,000 Droplets into the Air—Study

Inverse—A new study shows that speaking loudly can release droplets that contain coronavirus and have the potential to remain airborne for up to 14 minutes. Senior Investigator Warner Greene explains that any amount of the virus has the potential to cause infection.

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Video May 13, 2020

Finding Our Way Out: How Science Can Overcome the COVID-19 Crisis

Learn more about Gladstone's COVID-19 research projects and how science will overcome this pandemic.

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Article May 13, 2020

Digging Deeper: COVID-19 Answers at the Cellular Level

Where do you look for answers to COVID-19? One team at Gladstone is analyzing patient samples at the cellular level for answers to inform patient care and prevention.

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Article May 12, 2020

This Is Philanthropy’s Time: How Donors Are Providing Urgent Funding to End the Pandemic

As Gladstone scientists are moving to study COVID-19, urgent funding is needed to support their efforts.

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Article May 12, 2020

Commuting to the Lab during a Pandemic: Meet the Scientists Who Are Studying COVID-19

While many are working from home, these scientists are continuing to go to the lab in hopes of making a discovery that could lead to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Gladstone in the News May 12, 2020

SF’s Gladstone Institutes Splits Research Work in Battle against Coronavirus, Future Diseases

San Francisco Chronicle—Gladstone announced the formation of two new institutes that will shape the future of infectious disease research. Senior Investigator Melanie Ott with take the helm of the newly formed Gladstone Institute of Virology, and Senior Investigator Alexander Marson will direct the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology.

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Gladstone in the News May 8, 2020

New Gladstone Institutes Point to Emerging Concepts in Virology, Immunology

Biocentury—Gladstone announced the formation of two new institutes: the Gladstone Institute of Virology, which will focus on COVID-19 and other emerging viruses, and the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, which will focus on approaches to manipulate the immune system to fight cancer, autoimmune disease, and infectious disease.

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Gladstone in the News May 8, 2020

A Multiple Sclerosis Drug May Speed COVID-19 Recovery

ScienceNews—A study in Hong Kong showed that a drug cocktail that boosts the power of the immune system may speed recovery from COVID-19. Gladstone Senior Investigator Warner Greene explains that the results also show that this approach requires treating patients early in the course of the disease.

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Gladstone in the News May 8, 2020

Scientists at Gladstone and UCSF Form Two New Research Institutes

The Stem Cellar—Gladstone announced the formation of two new institutes: the Gladstone Institute of Virology, which will focus on COVID-19 and other emerging viruses, and the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, which will focus on approaches to manipulate the immune system to fight cancer, autoimmune disease, and infectious disease. The Institute of Virology will be led by Melanie Ott, and the Institute of Genomic Immunology will be led by Alexander Marson.

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Article May 7, 2020

Two New Research Institutes in the Bay Area

Scientists at Gladstone and UCSF launch new efforts in virology and genomic immunology

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Gladstone in the News May 7, 2020

Gladstone Launches Two New Institutes: One Focused on COVID-19, the Other on Cell Therapies

San Francisco Business Times—Gladstone recently announced the formation of two new institutes: the Gladstone Institute of Virology, which will be directed by Melanie Ott, and the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, which will be led by Alexander Marson.

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Gladstone in the News May 5, 2020

Rallying to the Fight against COVID-19

New York Academy of Sciences—New York Academy of Sciences: Many winners of the NYAS Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists have redirected their research efforts to focus on COVID-19. These include Gladstone Senior Investigators Leor Weinberger and Nevan Krogan.

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Gladstone in the News May 2, 2020

Why the Bay Area’s Coronavirus “Curves” Look Better than LA’s

Vallejo Times-Herald—Gladstone virologist Warner Greene speculates that while social distancing has helped keep the coronavirus in check in the Bay Area, people in warmer Southern California may be experiencing “COVID-19 fatigue”, and their increased outings are allowing the virus to spread.

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Gladstone in the News April 30, 2020

Gladstone Institutes Researchers Tackle Coronavirus with Robotics, Mobile Phone Technology

Engineering.com—Gladstone Senior Investigators Melanie Ott and Jennifer Doudna are collaborating with scientists across the Bay Area to develop a rapid COVID-19 testing platform that pairs CRISPR technology with a smartphone camera.

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Article April 30, 2020

Gladstone Scientists Identify a New Potential Reservoir of Latent HIV

New study identifies a type of T cell in tissues that preferentially supports latent infection by HIV.

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