Charles Bangham is a British scientist who holds the Chair in Immunology at Imperial College London.
He completed his PhD on immune responses to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) while working at the National Institute for Medical Research in 1987.
[3] Since 1987 Bangham has conducted research on the Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1).
[4] His contributions include the discovery of the viral synapse, the mechanism by which viruses including HTLV-1, HIV[5] and murine leukaemia virus (MLV) are transmitted from cell-to-cell, starting a new field in virology.
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