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HIV Research: How the Berlin Patient led to the Boston patients

HIV Research: How the Berlin Patient led to the Boston patients

A guest post from Nathalia Holt, Ph.D, an HIV researcher at the Ragon Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her upcoming book, THE BERLIN PATIENTS, focuses on the personal stories of two men “whose HIV infections were cured in distinct yet essentially related ways.” Here, she tells talks to the Boston scientists whose recent findings suggest that — by maintaining antiretroviral therapy — it is possible to eradicate HIV with a standard bone marrow transplant.  Read more

Science in Boston this week: Sharks, beetles and slide rulers

Science in Boston this week: Sharks, beetles and slide rulers

The ITER project, under construction in France, is an international effort to “demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power.” Carlos Alejandre,. ITER Deputy Director-General, speaks at 2  MIT on the “safety characteristics of ITER (and by extension of fusion) … and their possible impact on people and the environment.” The event comes as the MIT fusion project — the Alcator C-Mod – is facing shut down, in part, to free up  U.S. funds for ITER.  More on that debate at Nature News and on MIT specifically, here at Nature Boston.  Read more

Science this week: Rock and roll networking and epigenetics

Tech, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll, promises “an opportunity to network with some of Boston’s most innovative thinkers” to the tunes of The Void Union “a musical collective, brought together by their love of Jamaican music styles.” Sponsored by BU Tech Transfer.  Read more

Students want MIT development plan to consider housing “crisis”

From: Concerns Over the Lack of Graduate Student Housing in the MIT 2030 Plan

Most colleges don’t offer grad student housing. But, most colleges are not in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it can be a struggle to find an apartment at any price. And while some students might hold a rally calling for more affordable housing, the MIT Graduate Student Council produced a research paper complete with statistical  tables.  Read more