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Search for a better tuberculosis vaccine underway

Efforts by a team of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers to expedite the discovery of a new and improved tuberculosis vaccine were featured in an August 18, 2017 STAT article. The article highlighted work by…

New finding could aid fight against tuberculosis

A single protein appears responsible for the ability of some tuberculosis-causing bacteria to evade antibiotics, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The finding suggests that blocking this protein may help shorten…

Partnering with industry to turn discoveries into drugs

Treatment and prevention strategies for fighting infectious diseases are likely to come from partnerships between scientists and industry, according to Eric Rubin, the Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of…

Researchers discuss drug resistance in reddit ‘AMA’

On Tuesday, June 28, Harvard Chan School faculty Sarah Fortune, professor of immunology and infectious diseases, and Eric Rubin, Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, discussed the growing threat of antibiotic resistance during a reddit “Ask…

Link between Zika virus and microcephaly strengthened

New research has found evidence of the Zika virus in the brain tissue of a fetus with microcephaly, providing support for a link between the mosquito-borne disease and a birth defect that causes small heads and underdeveloped brains.…

TB survival mechanism explained

In a new paper, Eric Rubin, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues describe how tuberculosis (TB) bacteria undergo metabolic adaptation to survive attempts by immune system cells to kill them…

When infection won't quit

[ Spring/Summer 2010 ] TB, AIDS, and malaria are finding new ways to resist treatment Recent headlines paint an insidious trend in infectious disease. In San Francisco, 60 percent of new HIV infections are drug resistant. In Europe and the U.S., a…