Virus Descriptions and Report Summaries

Published on July 5, 2023

Virus Descriptions and Report Summaries

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Technical Report: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses

June 30, 2023
Since 2022, despite the wide geographic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) viruses in wild birds and to poultry worldwide, with sporadic spillover to mammals, only a small number of sporadic human cases of A(H5N1) have been identified.

Vaccine delivers a boost to T cell therapy

July 5, 2023
Engineering T cells to destroy cancer cells has shown success in treating some types of cancer, such as leukemia and lymphoma. However, it hasn’t worked as well for solid tumors.One reason for this lack of success is that the T cells target only one antigen (a target protein found on the tumors); if some of the tumor cells don’t express that antigen, they can escape the T cell attack.MIT researche