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Countering ‘memory loss’ in the immune system

After recovering from a cold or other infection, your body’s immune system is primed to react quickly if the same agent tries to infect you. White blood cells called memory T cells specifically...

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Stopping influenza evolution before it starts

If you get vaccinated against the flu and then become infected with the virus, your body mounts an immune response that prevents you from getting sick. However, that pressure from the immune system can...

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Getting (drugs) under your skin

Using ultrasound waves, MIT engineers have found a way to enhance the permeability of skin to drugs, making transdermal drug delivery more efficient. This technology could pave the way for noninvasive...

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MIT administers a record number of flu shots at the 2012 walk-in clinics

After a record-breaking 3,200 patients lined up to receive shots on Sept. 28, MIT Medical administered another 2,200 vaccines during its clinic on Oct. 11. “This year was tremendously successful,” says...

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Putting the squeeze on cells

Living cells are surrounded by a membrane that tightly regulates what gets in and out of the cell. This barrier is necessary for cells to control their internal environment, but it makes it more...

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A safer way to vaccinate

Vaccines usually consist of inactivated viruses that prompt the immune system to remember the invader and launch a strong defense if it later encounters the real thing. However, this approach can be...

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Study offers new way to discover HIV vaccine targets

Decades of research and three large-scale clinical trials have so far failed to yield an effective HIV vaccine, in large part because the virus evolves so rapidly that it can evade vaccine-induced...

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Allocating flu vaccines to maximize number of people remaining healthy

Flu and similar respiratory diseases start and peak at different times in different geographical locations. In 2009 in the United States, the H1N1 flu first started in August in the Southeast, as...

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