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BG logoWarren introduces bill to transfer funding from border wall to efforts to combat coronavirus
Dr. Kathryn Stephenson, a Harvard Medical School professor helped to develop Warren’s plan. Read Article
Coronavirus vaccine updates: How long until it will be ready? Here’s what experts say
“Vaccines teach the body’s immune system to recognize and battle viruses and bacteria. They’re one of the most effective ways to prevent disease. Work is underway on a coronavirus vaccine, but you won’t feel the sting of one in your arm anytime soon, experts say.” Read Article
A ‘call to duty’ to battle a deadly global threat
New coronavirus collaboration joins Boston’s biomed community and researchers in China. Read More
Cooperating to Combat Coronavirus
“IN THE LAST DAYS OF 2019 and the first days after the New Year, we started hearing about a pneumonia-like illness in China,” says Dan Barouch, an HMS professor of medicine and of immunology known for his anti-HIV work, whose lab has developed a platform for rapid vaccine development. (During the Zika virus outbreak of 2016, for example, his group was the first to report, within a month, a vaccine protective in animal models.) “When the genome of the virus was released on Friday, January 10, we started reviewing the sequence that same evening, working through the weekend. By Monday morning, we were ready to grow it.” Read more
Boston Researchers Take On The Challenge Of A Coronavirus Vaccine
Dr. Dan Barouch discusses the challenge of Corona virus on WGBH with Liz Neisloss. Read more
