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7.340 Immune Evasion: How Sneaky Pathogens Avoid Host Surveillance, Spring 2004
(2004-06)Every infection consists of a battle between the invading pathogen and the resisting host. To be successful, a pathogen must escape the many defenses of the host immune system until it can replicate and spread to another ... -
7.341 Of Mice and Men: Humanized Mice in Cancer Research, Spring 2015
(2015-06)This course will act as an introduction to the latest developments in the fields of cancer biology and immunotherapy. Almost everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by cancer. Why is cancer such a difficult ... -
7.341 Host Hacking: Parasitic Manipulations from a Micro- to a Macroscopic Scale, Fall 2016
(2016-12)Parasites require a hospitable organism to reproduce and spread and have evolved multiple strategies to subvert their hosts. Parasites scavenge nutrients directly from host cells, evade the host immune system and even ...