Media Coverage

​Second Opinion: How long haul COVID could offer clues for treating other puzzling chronic illnesses

In this guest column, Dr. Lee Hood details the ISB-led clinical study launched in March 2020 aimed at understanding learning to manage long COVID.

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The Los Angeles Times
​Second Opinion: How long haul COVID could offer clues for treating other puzzling chronic illnesses

Second Opinion: Getting past disease to the science of wellness

In this guest column, Dr. Lee Hood details how his vision of scientific wellness counters a current healthcare system that is great at fighting disease retroactively, but dismal at keeping people healthy proactively.

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The Los Angeles Times
Second Opinion: Getting past disease to the science of wellness

A changing gut microbiome may predict how well you age

Reporter Anahad O’Connor interviewed ISB Associate Professor and microbiome specialist Dr. Sean Gibbons about an ISB-led study showing how longevity may be possible to predict by analyzing the microbiota that inhabit our intestinal tract.

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The New York Times
A changing gut microbiome may predict how well you age

Op-Ed: How science education can stave off demagogues

In this opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, ISB Co-founder Dr. Lee Hood and author Matthew LaPlante detail how demagogues lead to “truth decay” – the degradation of confidence in science, expertise and the news media.

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The Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: How science education can stave off demagogues

Inside the intense world of COVID-19 science, and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers

ISB President Dr. Jim Heath spoke with Geekwire reporter Lisa Stiffler about his quick pivot to study the biological secrets of COVID-19 shortly after the novel coronavirus became a global health threat.

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Geekwire
Inside the intense world of COVID-19 science, and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers

Shift in immune response seen as COVID-19 progresses from mild to moderate

In this news roundup, Reuters highlights research led by ISB President Dr. Jim Heath showing how the immune response to COVID-19 shifts dramatically as patients transition from mild to moderate illness. The work was published in the journal Cell.

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Reuters
Shift in immune response seen as COVID-19 progresses from mild to moderate

The germiest place in your bathroom isn’t your toilet

ISB Associate Professor and microbiome specialist Dr. Sean Gibbons spoke with TIME about microbial bugs found in bathrooms and where they are most likely to thrive. (Hint: Think toothbrush holders, not toilet seats.)

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TIME
The germiest place in your bathroom isn’t your toilet
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