Srinivasan, Karunya(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Human adaptation of avian influenza viruses pose an enormous public health challenge as the human population is predominantly naive to avian influenza antigens. As such, constant surveillance is needed to monitor the ...
Fang, Miaoqing(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The adaptive immune system is an extraordinarily diverse inventory comprised of highly specialized cells, the differentiation of which requires numerous lineage specifications at various developmental stages. The precise ...
Robinson, Luke (Luke Nathaniel)(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Proteins and polysaccharides are of growing importance as a source for novel therapeutic compounds and target a range of diseases, from cancer to infections from pathogens. However, owing to their large and complex structures, ...
Belmont, Brian J. (Brian Joshua)(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The importance and pervasiveness of naturally occurring regulation of RNA function in biology is increasingly being recognized. A common regulatory mechanism uses inducible protein-RNA interactions to shape diverse aspects ...
Casasnovas Ortega, Nicole(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Tissue engineering can be applied to develop therapeutic techniques for osteoarthritis, a degenerative disease caused by the progressive deterioration of cartilage in joints. An inherent goal in developing cartilage-replacement ...