Stories tagged 'cord blood'
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
March 26, 2018 | By Rachel Tompa / Fred Hutch News Service
Scientists who make the leap from academia to founding their own companies face a steep learning curve. There's a lot to learn and a lot to take in. But help is available.
Tags: Basic Sciences, Business Development & Strategy, business development and strategy, Clinical Research, Colleen Delaney, computational biology, cord blood, cord blood transplant, Mark B Roth, Nohla Therapeutics, Public Health Sciences, Raphael Gottardo, startups, suspended animation, Vaccine and Infectious Disease
The ripples of a life
20 years after Dr. Harold Weintraub’s death, his life — and his research — are still making a difference
May 1, 2015 | By Dr. Rachel Tompa / Fred Hutch News Service
Twenty years after his death at the age of 49, friends, family and colleagues remember Dr. Hal Weintraub — and gather today at the Weintraub Graduate Student Award symposium established in his honor.
Tags: Basic Sciences, brain cancer, Colleen Delaney, cord blood, Daniel E Gottschling, Harold Weintraub, Irwin D Bernstein, Mark B Roth, Mark Groudine, Nancy Hutchison, science education partnership, Stephen J Tapscott, Sue Biggins, Susan M Parkhurst, suspended animation, Weintraub Graduate Student Award
'The biggest blessing ever'
Cord blood: a lifesaving option for those in need of a transplant but cannot find a matched donor
April 10, 2015 | By Jenna and Julie Gibson, as told to Susan Keown / Fred Hutch News Service
Jenna Gibson, 12, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia when she was 9 years old. She was treated with a cord blood transplant. She and her mother, Julie, shared their story.
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