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Covid in intestines

The immune system mounts a lasting defense after recovery from COVID-19

The study participants continued to improve their antibodies months after initial infection, potentially due to exposure to the remnants of the virus hidden in the gut.

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In brief: Tweaking RNA protects cells from harmful inflammation

New research has helped explain what goes wrong in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, a rare brain disorder. Patients with the disease have genetic abnormalities that may put their cells at risk of accidentally triggering an antiviral response.

Recent Awards and Honors

Junyue Cao

Junyue Cao wins Science & SciLifeLab Grand Prize For Young Scientists

November 19, 2020

Cao is recognized for his work using single-cell genomic methods to enable developmental mapping of entire organisms, described in an essay published in Science.
LLuciano Marraffini portrait

Luciano Marraffini awarded Max Planck-Humboldt Medal

October 14, 2020

Marraffini receives the award for his achievements studying CRISPR-Cas, a bacterial immune mechanism whose discovery led to modern gene-editing tools.
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Rockefeller in the News

The New York Times

Emerging Coronavirus Variants May Pose Challenges to Vaccines

Laboratory studies from Michel Nussenzweig and others of mutations circulating in South Africa suggest they may dodge some of the body’s immune responses.

The Wall Street Journal

Companies Race to Develop Drugs That Stay Ahead of Coronavirus Mutations

Researchers are working on new antibody drugs that can be given with quick jabs in the arm, similar to flu shots. They would enable patients to get treated quickly after being diagnosed with Covid-19, said Michel C. Nussenzweig, an immunologist and professor at Rockefeller University in New York.

Nature News

Rogue Antibodies Could Be Driving Severe COVID-19

Evidence from Jean-Laurent Casanova and others is growing that self-attacking ‘autoantibodies’ could be the key to understanding some of the worst cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Seek 6 cover Fall 2020

Seek magazine

Rockefeller’s flagship publication is interested not just in scientific results, but in the people, ideas, and conversations that ignite discovery. The latest issue takes us inside the response to the pandemic, where scientists are using every tool in the 21st century playbook to transform COVID-19 into a manageable disease. Also: Mosquito menace, The brain inside your gut, and Addiction then and now.

From this issue

She’s here to make science everyone’s business

It takes a certain kind of person to make kids from all backgrounds feel at home in the world of science. And sometimes you have to dance on the internet.

Attention needs more attention

Scientists long believed they knew precisely which nooks of the brain control our ability for selective attention. Now, new findings are redrawing the maps.

 

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Recent Scientific Publications

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Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes