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Future African Scientist, Two Years On: From Training Scientists to Building Africa’s Biotech Companies
Martin Lubowa and Daniel Zhang on how Future African Scientist grew from a research bootcamp into the FAS Biocamp, a program turning Africa’s scientists into founders of real biotech companies. Two years ago, the Ragon had the opportunity to speak with two alumni of MIT’s…
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Ndhlovu Lab Finds Natural Killer Cells Are Kept Away from HIV’s Hiding Places in Lymph Nodes
Antiretroviral therapy can keep HIV at undetectable levels in the blood, but it does not clear the virus from the body. A major reason is that HIV persists in lymph nodes, particularly inside structures called germinal centers, where infected cells can escape both treatment and…
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Sokol Lab Study Finds Sensory Neurons “Remember” Allergens, Explain Why Allergies Build Over Time
Many people who develop an allergy to a new dog, a dusty apartment or seasonal pollen notice it only after weeks or months of exposure. A new study from the lab of Caroline Sokol, MD, PhD, at the Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT, and Harvard offers one explanation:…
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Study from Lichterfeld and Yu Labs Shows HIV Reservoirs are Visible to Immune System, Challenging Longstanding Assumptions
Antiretroviral therapy can hold HIV in check for a lifetime, but it cannot clear it. A small number of infected cells carry a complete, working copy of the virus in their DNA and can survive for decades. If treatment stops, those cells restart the infection. These cells, known…
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Dang and Evavold Lab Postdoc Receives CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship
Mariano Aufiero, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at the Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT, and Harvard, has received a CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Cancer Research Institute. The Irvington fellowship is one of the leading early-career awards in cancer…
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“The Power of Collaboration”: A Q&A with Exchange Fellow Lara Schwab
Schwab discusses her journey to the Ragon Institute and her aspirations for the future. Exchange programs and global collaboration play a vital role in advancing scientific research, allowing researchers to share knowledge, resources and expertise across borders. It is a…
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Batista Lab Identifies Gap in Malaria Vaccines, Added Peptides Can Strengthen Response
Malaria kills more than half a million people a year, most of them young children in Africa. Two vaccines are now recommended by the World Health Organization, RTS,S and R21. Both are helpful interventions, but neither work as well or as long as public health officials would…