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WORLD FIRST:  Westmead research accurately assesses individual immune response to COVID-19 virus, variants and vaccines
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WORLD FIRST: Westmead research accurately assesses individual immune response to COVID-19 virus, variants and vaccines

For the first time, a team of WIMR scientists have demonstrated an approach that can identify the parts of proteins that cause a highly specific immune response to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19). Read More
Westmead Institute researchers promoted
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Westmead Institute researchers promoted

Three researchers from the Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) have been promoted to Associate Professor and Professor. Read More
New research raises hopes in the fight against hidden HIV
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New research raises hopes in the fight against hidden HIV

New research has raised hopes that medical science may one day be able to completely purge latent HIV from the cells of infected people who are otherwise successfully controlling the disease with antiretroviral therapy. Although the therapy can reduce HIV levels in the body to low or undetectable levels, latent reservoirs of HIV survive by being “invisible” to the body’s immune system. Read More