Gladstone in the News
November 26, 2021
ABC News—A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, dubbed Omicron, is causing concern around the world. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava explains that some of the variant’s 50 mutations may have arisen when an individual who was already immunocompromised became infected with the virus. Senior Investigator Nevan Krogan describes how his group is investigating whether the new mutations will change the ability of the virus to enter cells and cause disease.
Gladstone Experts
COVID-19
Data Science and Biotechnology
Virology
Krogan Lab
Srivastava Lab
Gladstone in the News
July 6, 2021
ABC7 News—A new study shows that wearing a mask increases slightly the amount of carbon dioxide children breathe. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava, MD, cautions that the study was small, the increase in carbon dioxide is not known to be dangerous, and that wearing a mask and getting vaccinated remain the best protections against COVID-19.
COVID-19
Cardiovascular Disease
Srivastava Lab
Gladstone in the News
April 19, 2021
abc News—Gladstone Institutes President Deepak Srivastava, MD, describes possible symptoms of blood clots after vaccination with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but reiterates that such side effects are extremely rare and should not be a reason for alarm for the millions of people who have already received their J&J shot.
COVID-19
Srivastava Lab
Gladstone in the News
November 1, 2020
USA Today—California Proposition 14 put funding for the Stem Cell Research Institute on the ballot this year. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava, MD, explains how previous funding for stem cell research in California has helped bring the field to a point where stem cell–based therapies are now possible.
Gladstone Experts
Cardiovascular Disease
Srivastava Lab
Stem Cells/iPSCs
Gladstone in the News
October 18, 2020
abc News—In 2019, the Trump administration suspended federal funding for research involving fetal tissue. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava explains that if the funding ban had been in place over the last few decades, many important drugs—including treatments for COVID-19—would not have been developed.
Gladstone Experts
COVID-19
Roddenberry Stem Cell Center
Srivastava Lab
Stem Cells/iPSCs
Gladstone in the News
October 14, 2020
abc News—Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava, MD, comments on the fact that the experimental treatments President Trump received for COVID-19 were tested on cells that were derived from fetal tissue decades ago, and expresses concern that the Trump administration's current ban on the use of fetal tissue for research could slow efforts to curb the pandemic.
Gladstone Experts
COVID-19
Cardiovascular Disease
Srivastava Lab
Gladstone in the News
October 8, 2020
The New York Times—The experimental drugs used to treat President Trump for COVID-19 were developed with the help of a human cell line derived from a fetus aborted decades ago. Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava, MD, and Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, comment on the ethics of accepting this treatment while also banning research using newly derived fetal cells, in the process thwarting the development of life-saving treatments for other conditions.
Gladstone Experts
COVID-19
Cardiovascular Disease
Center for HIV Cure Research
Greene Lab
Srivastava Lab
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.
Gladstone Experts
COVID-19
Cardiovascular Disease
McDevitt Lab
Srivastava Lab