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| News Archive |
| April 2011 |
| Ragon Institute Investigator Receives $100,000 Grant from Gates Foundation to forward ground-breaking research in Global Health and Development (features work of Daniel Kavanagh) - article / press release |
| Second Annual Ragon Scientific Advisory Board Meeting - article |
| March 2011 |
| Elizabeth Taylor, actress and AIDS activist, dies at 79 - article |
Tumor suppressor blocks viral growth in natural HIV controllers (features work of Mathias Lichterfeld, MD) - Journal of Clinical Investigation / press release (pdf) |
| February 2011 |
Nano-sized vaccines:
MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria (features the work of Dr. Darrell Irvine) - MITnews |
| January 2011 |
| Physicists join immune fight: Principles beyond biology may help explain how the body battles infection (features the work of Dr. Arup Chakraborty) -Science News article |
| November 2010 |
Researchers Gain Better Understanding of Interaction of Human Immune System with HIV - press release (pdf) / read the article at the Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
AIDS Vaccine 2012 to be hosted by Ragon and Harvard CFAR -
press release (pdf) / more information |
| October 2010 |
| Collaboration, Philanthropy, and Volunteerism Speed Research - read more / Science article (may require log in) |
| A Night to Remember: Mass General Kicks Off Public Fundraising Campaign (features Ragon donors Mark Schwartz and Terry and Susan Ragon ) - from Massachusetts General Hospital |
| September 2010 |
| The Social Epidemic: Battling HIV in sub-Saharan Africa - Harvard Magazine |
| The Politics of Paying for HIV Care
(features the work of David Bangsberg and Bruce Walker) - Harvard Magazine |
| August 2010 |
| Fighting Brain Drain (features David Bangsberg and Bruce Walker) - Harvard Magazine |
| Healing the Whole Patient (features Dr. Krista Dong) - Harvard Magazine |
| Drugs encased in nanoparticles travel to tumors on the surface of immune-system cells (features Darrell Irvine) -
MIT press release |
| Chris Love talks about massively parallel, PCR-based, single-cell gene expression analysis and the impact on HIV research -
interview by GenomeWeb |
| Ragon Institute announces collaboration with Dutch biopharmaceutical company -
press release |
| July 2010 |
| Dr. Xu Yu awarded the Massachusetts General Hospital Stephen Krane Award |
| A Call for Collaboration - Nature.com |
| New Hope for Preventing HIV Transmission - MIT Technology Review |
| Gel found to reduce AIDS risk in women - Washington Post |
| African Studies Give Women Hope in H.I.V. Fight - New York Times |
| New Gel Cuts Risk of HIV Infection -
Wall Street Journal article |
| June 2010 |
| Immunology and the elusive AIDS vaccine -
Article in Nature by Herbert W. Virgin and Bruce D. Walker - download full article from nature.com (log-in required) |
| Seeing in Numbers: How concepts from physics and engineering are informing questions about T cell selection and antigen recognition (featuring Arup Chakraborty) - Scientist (log-in required) |
| Dr. Sinu P. John wins Poster of Distinction award for MGH's Annual Celebration of Science and the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting - download abstract |
| Undereducated immune cells get aggressive with HIV - Science News |
| Scientists Determine Structure of Immune Molecule that Counteracts Many Strains of HIV - read article |
| May 2010 |
| William Bishai appointed Director
of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH), an international center for research and training in South Africa, at the very heart of the HIV and TB epidemics. -
read article |
| Human Gene Paves Way For HIV Vaccine - Top News |
| Why some people with HIV develop AIDS - Times of India |
| Theory Explains Why Some With HIV Survive Longer - Inside Science |
| New hope for HIV vaccine efforts - BBC News |
| Scientists Make Strides Toward AIDS Vaccine - Voice of America |
| Math explains HIV immunity - The Scientist |
| Scientists Unravel Secret of HIV Resistance - Bloomberg |
| Hunt for HIV Vaccines Renewed by Gene Insight, Scientists Say - Bloomberg |
| Well-trained immune cells keep HIV in check - Nature |
| April 2010 |
| In Peru, 'Elite' AIDS Patients Boost Vaccine Research Efforts – PBS Newshour view video and read transcript |
| Bruce Walker elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Harvard Gazette article |
| March 2010 |
| Africaid's WhizzKids United receives the Global Sports Forum award for best Sport and Health programme - news article / Learn more about WhizzKids |
| February 2010 |
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| Single Pill Antiretroviral Therapy Improves Adherence in Difficult-to-Treat Populations: David Bangsberg's presentation at CROI - DocGuide.com |
| December 2010 |
Dr. Vivek Naranbhai makes history by becoming the first South African to earn two degrees in one year - read UKZN newsletter |
| November 2010 |
| "Researchers Try to Solve the Mystery of HIV Carriers Who Don't Contract AIDS" - Scientific American |
| "Researchers come together to study natural HIV resistance" - Nature Medicine (log in required) |
| October 2009 |
| "IAVI and Ragon Institute sign MOU to devise new vaccine strategies for AIDS" - Medical News.net |
| Experts Study Thriving HIV "Controllers" in Vaccine Search – Reuters |
| Elite Group That Can Control Their HIV Offers Vaccine Hope – Health-e.org (South Africa) |
| Young scientists cracking HIV code – Times Live (South Africa) |
| 'Controllers' thrive with HIV infection – CBC News (Canada) |
Sylvie Le Gall, PhD honored as a CAVD Young/Early Career Investigator for October 2009 - CAVD Young Investigators |
Rare 'Outliers' Drive Search for Cures to Disease:
Researchers Focus on Individuals With Unusual Medical Profiles; a Few HIV-Positive Patients Avoid Illness Without Treatment - Wall Street Journal |
October 1, 2009, Dr. Bruce D. Walker elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) |
| July 2009 |
| Immune Response May Speed AIDS Progression in Women – HealthDay News |
| Hormones could explain why women progress faster to AIDS – Agence France-Presse |
| Video: Groundbreaking AIDS research out of Boston hospital – New England Cable News |
| Why HIV progresses faster in women than in men – Asia News International |
| Women 'naturally weaker' to HIV – BBC News |
| Why Women and Men Have Differences in Disease Progression – AIDS Meds |
| "The Rare Few" / HIV Positive..So Why Don't They Get AIDS? - Proto Magazine |
| Red Sox owner visits KwaZulu-Natal with Dr. Bruce Walker - Boston Globe article |
| April 2009 |
| Gaurav Gaiha wins the 2009 Martha Gray Prize - HST Connector |
| Hendrik Streeck wins the German AIDS award |
| David Bangsberg appointed Director of the MGH Center for Global Health |
Dr. Bruce Walker receives Honorary Doctorate from KwaZulu-Natal
Nelson Mandela College of Health Science's newsletter / transcript of Dr. Walker's speech |
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March 2009
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| "Collaboration for a Cure" David Bangsberg, Bruce Walker and Peter Slavin in Uganda - MGH Hotline |
New Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV Research Created in South Africa - Boston Globe article
HHMI announcement and video |
| February 2009 |
Global View of AIDS Drives Lab - Boston Globe
Video: Dr. Bruce Walker describes what drives his involvement with South Africa - Boston Globe |
| Social Obligation Among Africans Hikes Adherence to HIV Therapy - Harvard Focus |
| HIV is evolving at warp speed around the globe - L.A. Times |
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| October 2008 |
| Bill Gates visits PARC at MGH - MGH Hotline |
| MGH honors Mark and Lisa Schwartz, Major gift furthers HIV/AIDS research and patient care - MGH Hotline |
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| September 2008 |
| Fighting AIDS now and in the future - Harvard Gazette |