Date: March 4, 2013 By:
Recent news has reported a Mississippi child who was apparently “cured” of HIV by receiving treatment shortly after birth. Two years later, the child’s viral loads are undetectable, despite being off treatment for almost a year.
Ragon Institute Principal Investigator Dr. Brian Zanoni speaks to NPR about what could have caused this and what the greater implication is for HIV in developing countries.
Listen: Hear & Now on NPR
More coverage: New York Times / ABC News
Their findings, to be published in Cell next month, reveal how the virus manipulates immune system processes to avoid destruction by natural killer (NK) cells, a type of white blood cell that is crucial for fighting viral infections.
The lab of the Ragon Institute faculty member Hernandez Moura Silva, PhD, recently published a review in Science Immunology regarding resident tissue macrophages (RTMs), shedding light on their multifaceted roles in organ health.
After three years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ragon-MIT course HST.434 returned this January to provide 24 students a once in a lifetime learning experience