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Immune System

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts

December 12, 2022

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Birth Control

A New Breed of Nonhormonal Birth Control

November 30, 2022

Collage: Side by side photo of two BU Researchers. (left) Mary Willis, a School of Public Health assistant professor of epidemiology, and recipient of a 2022 NIH Director’s Award. She leans, smiling, against a brick wall with hands in pockets. She wears an olive green shirt and black pants. (right) Hadi T. Nia, College of Engineering assistant professor of biomedical engineering, poses for a photo with arms crossed. He wears an ocean blue blazer and smiles for the camera in front of a blurry landscape of plants.

Accolades

NIH Honors Two BU Researchers “Poised to Blaze New Paths of Discovery”

October 18, 2022

Image: Computer generated rendering of T cells, a type of white blood cell that defends the body from invaders. A large blue blob with teal tiny blobs on it is shown.

Cancer treatments

Immune Cells Engineered to Battle Cancer Can Be Turned “On” or “Off”

September 8, 2022

Photo taken from behind as White woman holds a Covid-19 Rapid At home test in her two hands. The back of the women's head is blurred. The test is a small white piece of plastic with lines on it.

COVID-19

As the Omicron BA.5 Variant Spreads, BU Infectious Diseases Expert Says It’s Time to Dial Up Protective Measures

July 18, 2022

Photo of Florian Douam (left) assistant professor, microbiology, and Devin Kenney, a PhD student, posing for a photo at National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. The both wear white lab coats and stand facing each other with their bodies and heads tilted towards the camera in front of a purple-blue wall. Lab shelves can be seen on either side of them.

COVID-19

Why Do Some People Get Sicker Than Others from COVID?

April 29, 2022

Photo of Lead researcher Manish Bais. A South Asian man wearing a blue collared shirt, blue tie, and white medical coat, sits in a chair in a research lab. He is turned and smiling towards the camera and sits in front of a large microscope.

Oral Cancer

Could Blocking or Deleting a Protein Help Prevent Common Oral Cancers?

April 21, 2022

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Long COVID

Researchers Race to Understand Long COVID in National Study

March 18, 2022

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COVID Boosters

With COVID-19 Booster Shots Recommended for All US Adults, Infectious Disease Experts Weigh In

November 24, 2021

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Innovation

BU Entrepreneurs Are Moving Two New Medical Devices Closer to Market

October 13, 2021

A child gets a malaria vaccination at Yala Sub-County hospital, in Yala, Kenya

Infectious Diseases

Malaria Vaccine—the First Ever to Immunize against a Parasitic Infection—Gets Green Light from WHO

October 7, 2021

Bottles of the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines sit on a table next to a syringe.

Booster Shots

COVID Booster Shots: Everything You Need to Know

August 25, 2021

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Public Health

Myths vs. Facts: Making Sense of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation

August 13, 2021

Photo of a seventy six year old woman Kaironesa Sheik Suleman Allie receiving her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from a health staff member, at a vaccination centre, in Karl Bremer Hospital, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The staffer wears a blue paper facemask and reaches over her to give the vaccination.

Pandemic Politics

Why Global COVID Vaccinations Are Dangerously Lagging: Six Things To Know

July 23, 2021

Deepwater Discoveries

There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage

July 21, 2021

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CORONAVIRUS VACCINES

Study Reveals Recipe for Even More Powerful COVID-19 Vaccines

June 11, 2021

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COVID Vaccines

COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants Explained

April 14, 2021

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COVID Vaccines

Pausing J&J Vaccine Rollout Is a Move to Keep Public Trust

April 14, 2021

Anna Honko mixes the nanosponges with live SARS-CoV-2 virus and lung cells at the NEIDL, evaluating how well the nanosponges can deter the novel coronavirus from infecting lung cells

Infectious Diseases

Where Is COVID Research Going Next?

March 26, 2021

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Marine Science

The Deep Ocean Reveals Surprising Discovery about Immunity

March 12, 2021

The Deep Ocean Reveals Surprising Discovery about Immunity

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