Tag: David Mooney

  • Science & Tech

    Putting a crown on OMNIVAX

    A biomaterials-based infection vaccine strategy shows first promise in eliciting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and could be applied broadly to stave off infectious disease.

    4–6 minutes
    Omnivax protein.
  • Health

    Global race to a COVID-19 vaccine

    Team at Harvard plans to launch a clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine in the fall.

    6–9 minutes
    Ofer Levy an David Dowling.
  • Health

    A solid vaccine for liquid tumors

    A new study presents an alternative treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has the potential to eliminate AML cells completely.

    6–9 minutes
    Petri dish with cells.
  • Campus & Community

    Wyss donates third major gift

    The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today the latest gift of $131 million from its founder, entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss, M.B.A. ’65.

    7–11 minutes
  • Health

    Harnessing nature to beat cancer

    Every year, more than 18 million people around the world are told, “You have cancer.” In the U.S., nearly half of all men and more than one-third of women will develop some kind of cancer during their lifetimes, and 600,000-plus die from it annually. Despite the billions of dollars and countless new treatments that have…

    14–21 minutes
    Nanoparticles
  • Science & Tech

    Novel cancer treatment gets major boost

    The Wyss Institute and Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced Novartis will have access to commercially develop their therapeutic, biomaterial-based cancer vaccine technology.

    3–5 minutes
    researcher holds a device
  • Science & Tech

    Personal cancer vaccines show promise

    Researchers have found that an injectable scaffold that incorporates tumor-specific peptides can be personalized, stimulating a patient’s immune system to destroy his or her unique cancer tumors.

    4–6 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Mechanical stimulation shown to repair muscle

    Harvard research teams find a promising new approach that uses direct mechanical stimulation to repair severely damaged skeletal muscles.

    4–6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Sharp messages

    Poet Kay Ryan and former Harvard President Derek Bok blended wit and wisdom in addressing top-ranked seniors at the 222nd Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises on May 22.

    4–6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Faculty honored with PBK Teaching Prizes

    The Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Iota Chapter of Massachusetts announced three recipients of the Phi Beta Kappa Prize in Excellence in Teaching for this academic year.

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Bench to Bedside – Innovation at Harvard

    Harvard researchers and clinicians collaborate across disciplines and around the globe to craft solutions to the world’s toughest health challenges.

    1–2 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Squeezing life into patients

    Engineers at Duke and Harvard universities have developed a “magnetic sponge” that after implantation into a patient can “squeeze” out drugs, cells, or other agents when passed over by a magnet.

    3–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    David Mooney elected to NAE

    David J. Mooney, a professor at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

    1–2 minutes
  • Health

    First cancer vaccine to eliminate tumors in mice

    A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, a team of Harvard bioengineers and biologists report today in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The new approach uses plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin to reprogram the…

    2–4 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Implants mimic infection to rally immune system against tumors

    Harvard bioengineers have shown that small plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin can reprogram the mammalian immune system to attack tumors. The research — which rid 90 percent of mice of an aggressive form of melanoma that would usually kill the rodents within 25 days — represents the most effective…

    2–3 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Hansjorg Wyss gives $125 million to create institute for biologically inspired engineering

    Engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss MBA ’65 has given Harvard University $125 million to create the Hansjörg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Investigators at the Wyss Institute (pronounced “Vees”) will strive to uncover the engineering principles that govern living things, and use this knowledge to develop technology solutions for the most pressing healthcare…

    5–8 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Harvard science depth, breadth is on display

    Five prominent Harvard scientists illuminated the cutting edge of Harvard science, predicting new treatments for old diseases, describing new ways to think about the universe, and hailing advances in our understanding of humanity and the human body. The symposium featured faculty studying everything from theoretical physics to the human genome, also touching on stem cell…

    2–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Transplanted cells regenerate muscles

    Biological engineering, which once excited the medical community, has been fraught with the difficulties of keeping transplanted cells alive and getting them to integrate with a host’s body. Researchers at Harvard University’s Department of Engineering and Applied Science may have solved these problems. “We transplant the cells on a scaffold that keeps them alive, then…

    1–2 minutes