Inside a Bacterial Defense System — and Its Defeat January 11, 2024 Study reveals unexpected strategy in competition between bacteria and viruses
A New Tool for Diagnosing Cancer June 22, 2023 Platform combines structural details with molecular information about a tumor
Helping Cancer-Fighting Cells Not Run Out of Steam April 13, 2023 Researchers ID source of T-cell exhaustion that diminishes effectiveness of therapies
Toward New Antiviral Drugs March 9, 2023 New discovery suggests that an emerging class of small-molecule drugs may be used to disable this…
Disarming the Body’s Defenders September 29, 2022 Study shows how certain cancers neutralize T cells to subvert the immune system and help tumors grow
Children at Higher Risk June 1, 2022 Race, ethnicity, poverty linked to worse outcomes in children treated for high-risk neuroblastoma
A Screen Door Opens January 28, 2021 Largest-ever virtual screen finds compounds that could combat SARS-CoV-2
A COVID-19/Cancer Interplay October 7, 2020 Study offers global review of COVID-19’s impact on cancer treatment and research
Dissecting a Disease May 18, 2020 Mass. consortium holds inaugural public briefing on efforts to combat COVID-19
A Signal Moment May 13, 2020 Harvard-led initiative awards over $16.5 million to support 62 COVID-19 research projects
A Galaxy of Drug Candidates March 16, 2020 New software screens billions of compounds in search of new medicines—including for COVID-19
Engineering Immunotherapy March 6, 2020 Designing new biomaterial-inspired approaches for cancer treatments