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COVID’s Delta Strain “Behaves Uniquely”; CDC Urges Even Vaccinated People to Mask Up Indoors

Gladstone in the News July 27, 2021

COVID’s Delta Strain “Behaves Uniquely”; CDC Urges Even Vaccinated People to Mask Up Indoors

COVID vaccines protect from serious illness but may not prevent vaccinated people from transmitting the delta variant. Gladstone Associate Investigator Nadia Roan, PhD, says that wearing a mask adds to the protective effect of vaccines and helps reduce the circulation of the highly contagious delta variant.

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At Home, on Your Phone, Results in Minutes: How COVID Has Changed the Future of Health Tests

Gladstone in the News April 8, 2021

At Home, on Your Phone, Results in Minutes: How COVID Has Changed the Future of Health Tests

San Francisco Business Times—Senior Investigator Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and Graduate Student Parinaz Fozouni explain how the CRISPR- and smartphone-based diagnostic platform they recently developed with UC Berkeley Dan Fletcher, PhD, and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, could allow low-cost and widespread testing and help to quickly curb the course of this and future pandemics.

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

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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Coronavirus Variants Will Prolong the Pandemic. But Here’s How It Could End

Gladstone in the News January 24, 2021

Coronavirus Variants Will Prolong the Pandemic. But Here’s How It Could End

San Francisco Chronicle—The United States is trying accelerate coronavirus vaccine distribution, which could allow the country to achieve herd immunity. However, Gladstone virologist Warner Greene points out that the coronavirus is a global problem, and ending the pandemic will require mobilizing vaccines around the world.

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The Coronavirus Is Changing Faster Than Scientists Thought. Can Vaccines Still Stamp It Out?

Gladstone in the News January 20, 2021

The Coronavirus Is Changing Faster Than Scientists Thought. Can Vaccines Still Stamp It Out?

San Francisco Chronicle—New coronavirus variants are emerging around the world, including in the Bay Area. Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, explains that if the vaccine rollout isn’t fast enough, viral variants that can evade the vaccine may become prevalent, rendering the vaccine partially ineffective.

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Bay Area Researchers Develop New Rapid COVID-19 Test That Uses Smartphone Camera

Gladstone in the News January 15, 2021

Bay Area Researchers Develop New Rapid COVID-19 Test That Uses Smartphone Camera

ABC7 News—Gladstone Institute of Virology Director Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and Graduate Student Parinaz Fozouni comment on the COVID-19 detection test they recently developed with Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, and UC Berkeley Professor Dan Fletcher, PhD, using CRISPR and smartphone technology.

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