by David Kent | Aug 12, 2013
. Last month, two studies were published in Science from Luigi Naldini’s group on correcting disease-associated mutations in patient’s stem cells. The two diseases, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, are sometimes treated with...
by Sara M. Nolte | May 30, 2013
. My interest (maybe even fascination) in cancer began when I was six years old: I was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukemia (a cancer of white blood cells), and am now able to say that I am a childhood cancer survivor. After realizing that I was no longer...
by Stacey Johnson | Mar 27, 2013
I’ve always had an interest in the science of bone marrow transplants, ever since my nephew, Simon, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia at the age of two. Although it was a traumatic time for his parents and extended family, the story has a happy ending. His...
by Lisa Willemse | Apr 24, 2012
An interview with Till & McCulloch Award winner, Dr. Aaron Schimmer, whose paper, entitled “Inhibition of mitochondrial translation as a therapeutic strategy for human acute myeloid leukemia,” published in Cancer Cell, November 2011, was selected by committee as...
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