How antibody-based COVID-19 treatments work best

The FDA has authorized antibody-based drugs for emergency use in COVID-19 patients. School of Medicine scientists discovered that the ability to interact with other elements of the immune system is an indispensable part of such antibodies’ effectiveness.

Network to focus on immune therapies for heart disease

An international team of researchers that includes School of Medicine scientists has formed a network to study the role of inflammation in heart disease. The goal is to find new therapies to improve recovery after heart attacks.

Swarms of swimming cells help measure performance

J. Mark Meacham’s lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering uses motile algae cells to measure performance of high-tech microfluidic devices.

Announcements

Emergency communication system test planned March 4

The university will test its emergency communication system at 10 a.m. March 4. The test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.

Announcements

Flags lowered in memory of those who died of COVID-19

The U.S. and university flags over Brookings Hall are lowered to half-staff until sunset Friday, Feb. 26, in memory of the more than 500,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19 during the pandemic.

Notables

Peter Kastor, the Samuel K. Eddy Professor and chair of history in Arts & Sciences, was featured on C-SPAN’s “Lectures in History.” The program features prominent academics from across the United States lecturing on significant topics in American history.