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Seven Key Questions to Ask if a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine is Approved

By mghresearch | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medicine | 0 comment | 27 October, 2020 | 0

While a vaccine will represent a significant turning point in the fight against COVID-19, there will still be a long way to go.

Biopreservation Could Revolutionize the Future of Medicine—How Mass General Researchers are Helping Us Get There

By mghresearch | Medicine, Surgery | 0 comment | 22 October, 2020 | 0

Mass General is part of a multicenter research effort to overcome key challenges in the long term preservation and reuse of organs, cells, tissues and more.

Building an Effective Dual CAR T Cell Therapy to Target HIV

By Gloria Rosado | HIV & AIDS, Infectious Disease, MGH Research Scholars | 0 comment | 7 October, 2020 | 0

CAR T cell therapy is a promising form of treatment for cancer, and now Ragon Institute investigator Todd Allen, PhD, recently published findings suggesting dual CAR T cell therapy could be an option for HIV.

Budding HIV virions

Stranded in the Desert: Distinct Viral Reservoirs in Elite Controllers of HIV

By Gloria Rosado | HIV & AIDS, Infectious Disease | 0 comment | 23 September, 2020 | 0

Recent research from Ragon Institute researcher Xu Yu, MD, finds that HIV elite controllers can prevent the virus from replicating by sequestering the viral genome in gene deserts.

COVID-19 Could Be Causing Immune System Amnesia

By Gloria Rosado | COVID-19, Infectious Disease | 0 comment | 16 September, 2020 | 0

In a guest blog post, Mass General and Ragon Institute researcher Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD, explains his research examining why COVID-19 immunity may be challenging: The virus could be causing immune system amnesia.

Ten Myths You May Have Heard About Wearing Masks

By Gloria Rosado | Communicating Science, COVID-19, Infectious Disease | 0 comment | 14 September, 2020 | 0

Certain questions and theories about face mask safety and efficacy continue to circulate, which can make it hard to tell the difference between fact and fiction. To set the record straight, we spoke with George Alba, MD, a researcher and pulmonary and critical care specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Everything You Need to Know About COVID-19 Tests

By Gloria Rosado | COVID-19 | 0 comment | 13 August, 2020 | 0

Widespread testing and tracing are crucial to managing the spread of COVID-19, but there are several different kinds of tests that each have a specific use. Learn more about which test may be best for you.

Non-White Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 More Likely to Show Severe Disease in Chest X-Rays

By mghresearch | COVID-19, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 5 August, 2020 | 0

Severity in chest x-rays increase the likelihood of admission to the intensive care unit, intubation and death.

Image of a heart monitor in an ICU room

Mass General Clinician-Researchers Share Firsthand Experiences with COVID-19 Surge

By mghresearch | COVID-19, Infectious Disease | 0 comment | 31 July, 2020 | 0

Mass General investigators who are co-affiliated with the Broad Institute discuss patient care and the hospital’s response to COVID-19.

Five Things to Know About the Ragon Institute

By Gloria Rosado | COVID-19, HIV & AIDS, Infectious Disease | 0 comment | 28 July, 2020 | 0

The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard is a leading institution in infectious disease and immunology research, here are five things to know.

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