Date: August 20, 2012 By:
Ragon Institute Program Leader Dr. Dan Barouch has been named Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research (CVVR) in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).
“This newly created Center represents the merger of the former Division of Viral Pathogenesis and Division of Vaccine Research. Barouch, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has led the Division of Vaccine Research since 2009. He has also recently served as interim chief of the Division of Viral Pathogenesis, assuming the role previously held by HIV vaccine pioneer Norman Letvin, MD, who passed away in May.”
A collaborative effort between researchers from Uganda, Tanzania, the US, Spain, and Denmark has resolved a longstanding question in malaria research: Do individuals living in regions with continuous malaria transmission develop broadly neutralizing antibodies (BnAbs) against the malaria parasite? The answer is yes.
Researchers at the Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT, and Harvard have uncovered critical insights into how aging impairs the immune system’s ability to fight cancer.