Supercharged vaccine could offer strong protection with just one dose

By delivering an HIV vaccine candidate along with two adjuvants, researchers showed they could generate many more HIV-targeting B cells in mice.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 18, 2025 ~6 min

3 Questions: Darrell Irvine on making HIV vaccines more powerful

Human volunteers will soon begin receiving an HIV vaccine that contains an adjuvant developed in Irvine’s lab, which helps to boost B cell responses to the vaccine.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Dec. 12, 2023 ~5 min


Deep learning helps predict new drug combinations to fight Covid-19

Neural network identifies synergistic drug blends for treating viruses like SARS-CoV-2.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Sept. 24, 2021 ~6 min

Model analyzes how viruses escape the immune system

Using this computational system, researchers can identify viral protein sequences that could make better vaccine targets.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 14, 2021 ~8 min

HIV genome bends over backwards to help virus take over cells

Differently shaped RNA molecules allow HIV to express different genes from the same RNA sequence.

Eva Frederick | Whitehead Institute • mit
May 11, 2020 ~9 min

New drug capsule may allow weekly HIV treatment | MIT News

Replacing daily pills with a weekly regimen could help patients stick to their dosing schedule.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 9, 2018 ~7 min

Course helps girls in Botswana avoid HIV and “sugar daddies” | MIT News

Youth-to-youth program teaches girls about the increased odds of contracting HIV from older men.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 25, 2017 ~8 min

Senior Kristen Finney and GlobeMed lend a helping hand | MIT News

MIT students partner with a clinic in Togo to improve health care for HIV/AIDS patients.

Catherine Curro Caruso | MIT News correspondent • mit
Oct. 13, 2015 ~7 min


Targeting DNA | MIT News

Protein-based sensor could detect viral infection or kill cancer cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 21, 2015 ~6 min

Seeking rare cells | MIT News

Christopher Love uses microscale technology to isolate rare cells, yielding insight into human disease.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
June 17, 2015 ~7 min

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