Professor, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, HarvardUniversity
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This Morning we interviewed Dr. Donald Harn
Dr. Harn is a professor and researcher at HarvardUniversity, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Harn is originally from Southern California where he completed his graduate work at UCLA. Dr. Harn was then recruited By Harvard for his expertise in Vaccine antigens and Vaccine development. Dr. Harn has been at Harvard for over twenty years and is I leader in the vaccine world
Dr. Harn was a very interesting interview. He was gracious enough to step us through many different studies that are utilizing the understanding of carbohydrates and their involvement in processes. Dr. Harn shared his work in auto immune manipulation. And how he is currently working to quell the effects of psoriasis, diabetes 1, and Multiple Sclerosis. He then went on to share his studies and understanding of how carbohydrates can manipulate the inflammatory response within the body on both a Pro and anti platform. And if that was not enough Dr. Harn went on to explain the areas of production of vaccine s for parasitic diseases. Such as Schistosomiasis. Dr Harn is working diligently to produce answers to these potential developing country debilitating outbreaks. With his labs work and the cooperation and funding of multiple desisease control groups, such as the CDC and WHO, these high mortality diseases will be brought under control.
Dr. Harn tied the interview up with a very gracious tip of the hat to a few organizations that are contributing large amounts of knowledge time and money to the science of glycomics. And my favorite line was: I am very much looking forward to this Field Expanding!
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