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Yo-Yo Ma, Richard A. Flavell and Ruslan Medzhitov receive $100,000 prizes NEW YORK, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Representatives of the musical and scientific communities came together for the presentation of the 2013 Vilcek Prizes in Biomedical Science and the Arts last night at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Awarded annually by the Vilcek Foundation, the prizes recognize immigrants who have made lasting contributions to the arts and sciences. (Photo:...

Richard A. Flavell and Ruslan Medzhitov named co-winners of $100,000 prize Hashim Al-Hashimi, Michael Rape, and Joanna Wysocka win $35,000 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to name Richard A. Flavell and Ruslan Medzhitov as the co-winners of the 2013 Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science. Drs. Flavell and Medzhitov, both professors at Yale University School of Medicine and investigators with the...

A new study reveals how infection with the influenza virus impacts the way that the immune system responds to subsequent infections. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 18th issue of the journal Cell Host and Microbe, provides a new understanding of the physiological and pathological consequences of the flu.Much of what is known about how the immune system protects against infection comes from studies examining exposure to a single pathogen. However, in the natural...