Tag: MIT and Harvard

  • Nation & World

    ‘Faster protection with less material’

    Further research and development on a class of molecules called bisphosphonates might turbocharge a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, and help bring immunity to huge populations more quickly.

    13 minutes
    Professor Uli von Andrian.
  • Nation & World

    Protein that helps battle HIV

    Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard find that elevated levels of p21, a protein best known as a cancer fighter, may be involved in the immune system’s ability to control HIV infection.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    New insights into the mystery of natural HIV immunity

    When people become infected by HIV, it’s usually only a matter of time, barring drug intervention, until they develop full-blown AIDS. However, a small number of people exposed to the virus progress very…

    5 minutes