# In The News ## expand\_more ![nature cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum3561/files/2024-10/nature2.png) [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.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/publications/extensive-surface-diversity-commensal-microorganism-multiple-dna-inversions) ![nature gut issue](/sites/g/files/omnuum3561/files/2024-10/natureagutissue.png) [Mazmanian SK, Round JL, Kasper DL. A microbial symbiosis factor prevents intestinal inflammatory disease. Nature 2008;453:620-5.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/publications/microbial-symbiosis-factor-prevents-intestinal-inflammatory-disease) ## Selected Articles [Perspectives, Harvard Medical School, Autumn 1985. Passing the Torch: Infectious Disease Research.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/1._hms_perspectives_autumn_1985.pdf) [Focus, Harvard Medical Area, June 6, 1985. Honors and Awards: Squibb Award to Dr. Kasper.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/2._focus_june_6_1985.pdf) [Focus, Harvard Medical Area, January 7, 1988. Dr. Dennis Kasper Named Edward Kass Professor.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/3._focus_january_7_1988.pdf) [Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Research Report, 1991. Basic Science: Developing a Vaccine for a Deadly Bacteria.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/4._bwh_research_report_1991.pdf) [Eureka Alert! Science News, NIH, NIAID, November 20, 1996. Group B Strep Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Studies.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/5._group_b_strep_vaccine_shows_promise_in_clinical_studies_eurekalert_science_news.pdf) [Gazette, Harvard University, January 23, 1997. Vaccine is Developed Against Strep Infections.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/6._gazette_hu_january_23_1997-new.pdf) [Focus, News from Harvard Medical, Dental, and Public Health Schools, June 4, 2004. Microbiology: Study Adds Carbs to Immune Cell Menu.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/7._focus_june_4_2004.pdf) [Watts C. Class II MHC: Sweetening the Peptide Only Diet? Cell 2004;117:558-559.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/8._watts_editorial_cell_2005.pdf) [Focus, News from Harvard Medical, Dental, and Public Health Schools, July 15, 2005. Microbiology: Bacterium Proves Essential to Immune System Development.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/9._focus_july_15_2005.pdf) [Fiocchi C. One Commensal Bacterial Molecule – All We Need for Health? NEJM 2005;353:2078-2080](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/10._one_commensal_bacterial_molecule_-_all_we_need_for_health_nejm.pdf). [Eynon EE, Zenewicz LA, Flavell RA. Sugar Coated Regulation of T Cells. Cell 2005;122:2-4.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/11._flavell_cell_2005.pdf) [Harvard Medical School News, July 11, 2008. Intestinal Bug May Prevent Inflammatory Bowel Disease.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/12._intestinal_bug_may_prevent_inflammatory_bowel_disease_hms.pdf) [Science Daily, November 28, 2011. Vaccine Prototype Stronger Than Traditional Vaccines.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/13._vaccine_prototype_stronger_than_traditional_vaccines_-_sciencedaily.pdf) [Nature News & Comments, March 22, 2012. Early Exposure to Germs has Lasting Benefits.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/14._early_exposure_to_germs_has_lasting_benefits_-_nature_news_comment.pdf) [Harvard Medical School News, March 30, 2012. Hygiene Hypothesis in Action: Mechanism Demonstrated for Key Immune Theory.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/15._hygiene_hypothesis_in_action_hms.pdf) H[arvard Medical School News, June 21, 2012. Our Microbes, Ourselves: Trillions of Bacteria Within, Essential for Immune Function, Are Ours Alone.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/16._our_microbes_ourselves_hms.pdf) [Harvard Medical School News, January 22, 2014. Beneficial Bacteria: Symbiotic Microbe Sets Immune-Cell Levels Related to Colitis.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/17._beneficial_bacteria_hms.pdf) [Harvard Medical School News, March 11, 2014. Translating Success: Three Centers Launched to Battle Infectious Pathogens.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/18._translating_success_hms.pdf) H[arvard Medical School News, April 9, 2014. It Takes Two: Microbial Molecule Stimulates both Arms of the Immune System to Quell Inflammation.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/19._it_takes_two_hms.pdf) T[he Atlantic, January 12, 2015. Joint Pain from the Gut.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/20._joint_pain_from_the_gut_-_the_atlantic.pdf) [Harvard Medical School News, February 16, 2017. Listening in on Bug-Gut Chatter: Scientists Monitor Crosstalk Between Intestinal Microbes and Immune System](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/21._listening_in_on_bug-gut_chatter_hms.pdf) [Paoletti LC. Hope for a Golden Anniversary, Group B Strep International, 2017.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/22._hope_for_a_golden_anniversary_-_group_b_strep_international.pdf) [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.](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/23._needle_in_a_haystack_hms.pdf) [Stappenbeck TS. Microbiome: Assigning Function to Symbionts. Nature Microbiology, January 2018, Vol. 3, p. 6–7](https://kaspersymposium.hms.harvard.edu/files/kasper/files/24._stappenbeck-nat_micro.pdf) [https://hms.harvard.edu/news/boost-cancer-immunotherapys-fighting-power…](https://hms.harvard.edu/news/boost-cancer-immunotherapys-fighting-power-look-gut-0?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020230504%20(1))