In The News

nature cover

Krinos CM, Coyne MJ, Weinacht KG, Tzianabos AO, Kasper DL, Comstock LE. Extensive surface diversity of a commensal microorganism by multiple DNA inversions. Nature 2001;414:555-8.

nature gut issue

Mazmanian SK, Round JL, Kasper DL. A microbial symbiosis factor prevents intestinal inflammatory disease. Nature 2008;453:620-5.

Selected Articles

Perspectives, Harvard Medical School, Autumn 1985. Passing the Torch: Infectious Disease Research.

Focus, Harvard Medical Area, June 6, 1985. Honors and Awards: Squibb Award to Dr. Kasper.

Focus, Harvard Medical Area, January 7, 1988. Dr. Dennis Kasper Named Edward Kass Professor.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Research Report, 1991. Basic Science: Developing a Vaccine for a Deadly Bacteria.

Eureka Alert! Science News, NIH, NIAID, November 20, 1996. Group B Strep Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Studies.

Gazette, Harvard University, January 23, 1997. Vaccine is Developed Against Strep Infections.

Focus, News from Harvard Medical, Dental, and Public Health Schools, June 4, 2004. Microbiology: Study Adds Carbs to Immune Cell Menu.

Watts C. Class II MHC: Sweetening the Peptide Only Diet? Cell 2004;117:558-559.

Focus, News from Harvard Medical, Dental, and Public Health Schools, July 15, 2005. Microbiology: Bacterium Proves Essential to Immune System Development.

Fiocchi C. One Commensal Bacterial Molecule – All We Need for Health? NEJM 2005;353:2078-2080.

Eynon EE, Zenewicz LA, Flavell RA. Sugar Coated Regulation of T Cells. Cell 2005;122:2-4.

Harvard Medical School News, July 11, 2008. Intestinal Bug May Prevent Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Science Daily, November 28, 2011. Vaccine Prototype Stronger Than Traditional Vaccines.

Nature News & Comments, March 22, 2012. Early Exposure to Germs has Lasting Benefits.

Harvard Medical School News, March 30, 2012. Hygiene Hypothesis in Action: Mechanism Demonstrated for Key Immune Theory.

Harvard Medical School News, June 21, 2012. Our Microbes, Ourselves: Trillions of Bacteria Within, Essential for Immune Function, Are Ours Alone.

Harvard Medical School News, January 22, 2014. Beneficial Bacteria: Symbiotic Microbe Sets Immune-Cell Levels Related to Colitis.

Harvard Medical School News, March 11, 2014. Translating Success: Three Centers Launched to Battle Infectious Pathogens.

Harvard Medical School News, April 9, 2014. It Takes Two: Microbial Molecule Stimulates both Arms of the Immune System to Quell Inflammation.

The Atlantic, January 12, 2015. Joint Pain from the Gut.

Harvard Medical School News, February 16, 2017. Listening in on Bug-Gut Chatter: Scientists Monitor Crosstalk Between Intestinal Microbes and Immune System

Paoletti LC. Hope for a Golden Anniversary, Group B Strep International, 2017.

Harvard Medical School News, December 6, 2017. Needle in a Haystack: Harvard Medical School Research in Mice Paves Way to Teasing Out Cause and Effect Between Gut Microbes and Disease.

Stappenbeck TS. Microbiome: Assigning Function to Symbionts. Nature Microbiology, January 2018, Vol. 3, p. 6–7

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/boost-cancer-immunotherapys-fighting-power…)