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August 26, 2019
How a phone call helped shape the field of bone marrow transplant
A lifesaving new leukemia treatment was harming some patients’ digestive organs, and no one really understood why. So, over 40 years, Dr. George McDonald helped fill in the gaps.
Dr. Stephanie Lee honored as new Giuliani/Press Endowed Chair recipient
The honor will support Lee in perpetuity as she continues her research on blood stem cell transplantation and chronic GVHD
Fred Hutch deepens its focus on the microbiome
Microbiome Research Initiative hosts 2-day symposium
Washington’s Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment awards $1.5M to 3 Fred Hutch researchers
Scientists will use funds to expand research in graft-vs.-host disease, chemoprevention and cancer immunology
Dr. Marie Bleakley named Gerdin Family Endowed Chair for Leukemia Research
Pediatric cancer physician-scientist feted at rooftop reception
Dr. Geoffrey Hill 3rd recipient of José Carreras/E. Donnall Thomas Endowed Chair for Cancer Research
Endowments provide faculty with freedom and flexibility to pursue critical research endeavors
3 big new leukemia research projects advance cutting-edge cell therapies, stem cell transplant
$20M renewal of 4-decade-long federal grant to Hutch scientists
‘Article of the Year’ nod to demo of machine learning for personalized medicine
Computer-generated algorithms could guide prevention, treatment of transplant complication, researchers showed
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
Cancer survivor Rose Ibarra to be honored by Fred Hutch and Mariners at Safeco Field
Cancer survivor Rose Ibarra to be honored by Fred Hutch and Mariners at Safeco Field
New partnership seeks to increase access to lifesaving stem-cell transplants
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
Fred Hutch/SCCA transplant patient survival above the expected rate in U.S.
For 5th year in a row, bone marrow transplant program receives top recognition
Stem cell transplantation physician-scientist recruited from Australia to join Fred Hutch, SCCA
Dr. Geoffrey Hill will help integrate bone marrow transplantation with emerging cancer immunotherapies
A dose of lithium for transplanted patients
From Dr. Steinbach and the Martin lab, Clinical Research Division
Could the minor be a major after all? Histocompatibility antigens and GVHD
from Drs. Paul Martin and John Hansen (Clinical Research Division)
Sorting stem cells before transplant helps lower risk of graft-vs.-host disease, researcher reports at ASH
Sorting stem cells before transplant helps lower the risk of graft-vs.-host disease, researcher reports
Three's a charm in a triple-drug combination for transplant patients
A drug with a storied past offers a new edge against an old foe
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
Stem cells from bone marrow may be better than blood when it comes to quality of life for transplant patients, study suggests
New study explores whether stem cells from bone marrow or blood offer transplant patients better quality of life
Mielcarek study may change the practice of blood stem-cell transplantation
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
Where are they now? Updates on memorable people we profiled in 2015
Updates on five memorable people we profiled in 2015
Finding a better (mis)match
New way to pair blood stem cell donors with recipients promises to lower risk of potentially devastating transplant side effect