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August 26, 2019
Study aims to cure blood cancers with transplants that could block HIV, too
10 HIV-positive cancer patients to receive donated cord blood with rare resistance gene
What’s new in combatting chronic graft-vs.-host disease
Decades after the development of bone marrow transplant, researchers are making headway against one of its most common and deadly side effects
Scientists-turned-entrepreneurs share lessons learned launching startups
From venture capital to office space to acquisitions, academics starting companies face a steep learning curve — but there’s help to be found
Transmission of maternal memory
from the Nelson lab , Clinical Research Division
Bezos family gives $35 million to Fred Hutch
Transformative investment will be used to hire more world-class researchers to launch innovative approaches to curing cancer, said Fred Hutch President and Director Gilliland
Bezos family gives $35 million to Fred Hutch
‘What we are really giving is the gift of time’; funds will be invested in more world-class faculty to speed cures for cancer patients
Fred Hutch holiday gala raises more than $13 million for pediatric cancer research
Fred Hutch Holiday Gala brings in more than $13 million to grow pediatric cancer research and develop needed therapies for children
Cost of survival: Coping with treatment complications beyond the cure
Treatment complications can impact lives for years after cure but some cancers survivors are reluctant to reveal their pain
Umbilical cord blood transplant linked to lower relapse in high-risk leukemia patients
Study compares ‘alternative’ donor source vs. traditional transplantation of blood stem cells from an adult, unrelated donor
'Something everyone can get': New spinoff to commercialize cord blood stem cell therapies
New Fred Hutch spinoff to commercialize cord blood stem cell therapies based on work by Drs. Colleen Delaney, Irwin Bernstein
'A chance to hope’: Leukemia survivor, family reunite with favorite doctor
Ex-patient’s wife recalls how her sacred mission to save her husband led her to Fred Hutch
'How do you say thank you?': Stem cell recipient, donor meet
Stem cell donor, recipient meet each other – and researchers who made transplant possible
Cord blood: 'The biggest blessing ever'
Cord blood: a lifesaving option for those in need of a transplant but cannot find a matched donor
Gratitude, guilt and surviving cancer
<p>Living through cancer is life-changing — often in unimagined and challenging ways, says leukemia survivor Jessie Quinn</p>
'It made me more grateful'
An extraordinary girl contends with a rare, life-threatening blood disease — and undergoes a made-to-order clinical study in cord-blood transplantation
Cord blood transplant trial expanded with new grant
Led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, study will overcome logistical limitations, allow patients around the country to have cord blood transplants to treat blood cancers
Clinical researchers win pediatric oncology awards
Colleen Delaney, Akiko Shimamura receive grants totaling $600,000 from St. Baldrick’s Foundation
Gardner wins pediatric oncology grant
Rebecca Gardner of the Clinical Research Division receives two-year, $80,000 Young Investigator Award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Two Center researchers receive Damon Runyon awards
Immunotherapy research funded for Drs. Brian Till and Colleen Delaney
Two Hutchinson Center researchers receive prestigious awards from Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Drs. Brian Till and Colleen Delaney will use the awards for immunotherapy research
Expanded cord blood cells hold hope for leukemia patients
Clinical Research Division study details first successful use of expanded umbilical-cord blood units and potential for increased donor matches