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Gladstone in the News February 6, 2025

Can You Get Bird Flu From Drinking Milk? What to Know as Cows Are Infected

Newsweek—As a second strain of bird flu has spread to dairy cows, Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, explains why the jump is concerning, but reassures consumers that they should not be concerned about drinking pasteurized milk.

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Article January 15, 2025

Sizing Up the Risk of Bird Flu: Q&A With Gladstone Virologist Melanie Ott

Avian influenza isn’t going away any time soon. But how serious is its threat to humans and what precautions are necessary?

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Article November 6, 2024

Nasal Swab Tests Predict COVID-19 Disease Severity, Study Finds

Researchers discovered that the presence of autoantibodies in the nose can help fight off the virus more effectively.

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Article November 6, 2024

Building the Vaccines of the Future

Gladstone's Magnus Hoffmann seeks to advance a new generation of more effective vaccines, improved drug delivery methods, and a greater overall understanding of vaccine-induced immune responses.

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Article October 14, 2024

Closing the Loopholes of Current HIV Therapy

Scientists say it may be possible to drive the virus into “deep latency” by targeting the cellular process of transcription, by which lingering HIV cells continue to produce viral components.

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Article October 11, 2024

Harnessing the Power of Phages to Defeat Drug-Resistant Infections

Virologist Sukrit Silas hopes to turn bacteria-killing viruses into new therapies that hold promise against even the most persistent superbugs.

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Gladstone in the News August 28, 2024

Structure Search Suggests Roles for Thousands of Viral Proteins

Chemical & Engineering News—In a new study, scientists in Jennifer Doudna’s lab probe how viruses interfere with host signaling. Postdoctoral Fellow Jason Nomburg explains how they assembled a database of predicted structures of viral proteins, and used it to find the functions of previously mysterious proteins.

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Article August 28, 2024

Discovery of How Blood Clots Harm Brain and Body in COVID-19 Points to New Therapy

A new study in Nature overturns the prevailing theory that blood clotting is merely a consequence of inflammation in COVID-19.

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Gladstone in the News August 27, 2024

San Francisco’s Role in the Mpox Fight

The Voice of San Francisco—Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, answers questions about mpox at a time when many people are wondering about the virus’s ability to become another global pandemic, and also talks about how she and her team are contributing to the fight against it.

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Article August 26, 2024

3D Shapes of Viral Proteins Point to Previously Unknown Roles

Scientists uncover an ancient immune-evading strategy shared by animal viruses and viruses that infect bacteria; findings may help in the development of new antiviral therapies

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Gladstone in the News July 19, 2024

With COVID Summer Wave Underway, When Should You Get Your Next Vaccine Shot?

San Francisco Chronicle—With the United States now experiencing a typical summer COVID surge, Gladstone Senior Investigator Nadia Roan helps break down how to make a personal decision about when to get your next vaccine.

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Gladstone in the News March 4, 2024

The Blood Holds Clues to Understanding Long COVID

Science News—In some people with long COVID, powerful immune players called T cells seem to go out of whack. In some long COVID patients, T cells that recognize SARS-CoV-2 can become exhausted, Nadia Roan's team reported in Nature Immunology in January. And scientists know that tired-out T cells can have trouble wiping out infection.

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Gladstone in the News January 12, 2024

‘Striking’ Study Reveals Immune System Anomalies in People with Long COVID

San Francisco Chronicle—At least 10 percent of those who survive COVID continue to face debilitating symptoms months after the acute infection resolves. New research from the laboratory of Gladstone Senior Investigator Nadia Roan shows that individuals suffering Long Covid have a dysregulated immune response to the virus and evidence of T cell exhaustion, which may be due to the virus persisting within their bodies.

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Article January 11, 2024

In Patients with Long COVID, Immune Cells Don’t Follow the Rules

Scientists at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco analyzed immune cells in people with and without long COVID, making significant discoveries that will help answer questions about what causes the condition and how to treat it

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Article December 11, 2023

Reflections on a Pandemic: 6 Questions with Melanie Ott

Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, reflects on the breakthroughs driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and explains why virologists’ work is never done

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