Gladstone in the News
September 10, 2020
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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Gladstone in the News
September 4, 2020
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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Gladstone in the News
September 3, 2020
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
May 3, 2020
Science Cover—In addition to causing respiratory disease, COVID-19 can also affect the cardiovascular system, and indeed heart failure may be the cause of many COVID-19 deaths. At Gladstone, Senior Investigators Bruce Conklin and Todd McDevitt are using stem cell–derived heart cells and microtissues to investigate how COVID-19 affects heart cardiac function, and to identify new therapeutic targets.
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Gladstone in the News
January 14, 2020
The Stem Cell Podcast—Gladstone Investigator Todd McDevitt appears on The Stem Cell Podcast to discuss his recent work using machine learning in stem cell bioengineering.
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Gladstone in the News
January 3, 2020
News Medical—Researchers are moving closer to a new approach for improving spinal fusion procedures and repairing broken or defective bones that avoids an over-production of bone that commonly occurs in current treatments. Marian H. Hettiaratchi, who led the study, began her work under the mentorship of Gladstone Investigator Todd McDevitt.
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Gladstone in the News
November 22, 2019
The Stem Cellar—In a CIRM-funded study, a Gladstone team led by Senior Investigator Todd McDevitt discover a way to to use machine learning to control the spacial organization of stem cells, a key process that plays a vital role in organ development.
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