The curative power of umbilical cord blood
Dr. Colleen Delaney is pioneering research focused on the healing powers of umbilical cord blood transplants.
2012 Annual Report
2012 Research Breakthroughs
Significant breakthrough in pancreatic cancer treatment
Dr. Sunil Hingorani unraveled the secrets of how pancreatic tumors thwart chemotherapy and developed a way to penetrate those defenses.
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Targeting the genetic drivers of lethal prostate cancers
Dr. Peter Nelson has discovered genetic mutations in aggressive prostate cancers, providing clues to why some prostate cancers are lethal and become resistant to treatment.
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Breaking the link between obesity and cancer
Sally von Bargen lost 75 pounds, nearly one-third of her body weight, during an exercise and diet study conducted by Dr. Anne McTiernan.
Correcting genes that cause inherited diseases
In his Hutchinson Center laboratory, structural biologist Dr. Barry Stoddard is engineering biochemical guided missiles to fix genetic diseases.
Hope for patients with a common muscular dystrophy
Dr. Stephen Tapscott’s team broke a decades-long stalemate with a common form of muscular dystrophy when they identified the mechanisms that cause it.
Discovery of an HIV vulnerability is advancing vaccine development
Dr. Peter Gilbert and colleagues have found evidence of weakness in HIV’s armor, which is changing the science of vaccine development.
HIV treatment as prevention: Breakthrough of the year
Dr. Ying Chen and colleagues designed and analyzed the groundbreaking study that proved the drugs used to treat AIDS can prevent the spread of HIV.
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