Thursday, February 17, 2005

Vol 11, Issue 4

Science Articles

• Sanders gives ALL children hope
  For 'Sanders' babies' with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, total-body radiation therapy followed by bone-marrow transplantation provides dramatic cure rates for infants
  
  
• Global guidelines for breast health
  Ben Anderson's breast-cancer summit develops guidelines to improve cancer outcomes in nations with limited resources
  
  
• PHS study finds ethnic differences in treatment of prostate cancer
  African Americans with early stage cancer less likely to receive aggressive hormone therapy than Caucasians
  
  
• Getting to the source of 'self' protection
  Eric Mickelson contributes to tissue-typing program by creating new resources for center investigators
  
  
• 'Ask Gretchen'
  Teacher, technician, inventor, Gretchen Johnson shares her knowledge of science along all points of the education spectrum
  
  

General Articles

• Arnold family's $15 million gift
  Robert M. Arnold makes largest gift in Fred Hutchinson history; Arnold family was instrumental in launching the center in 1970s
  
  
• Pocket parking money with HutchPass
  Ride the bus and save; online renewal for HutchPass 2005 is now available for eligible center and Alliance staff
  
  

Briefs

• HR presents management-training video with John Cleese Feb. 18 in Pelton
  
  
• Science Fridays educational series kicks off Feb. 25 in Pelton
  
  
• New Affymetrix microarray equipment installed in Genomics Shared Resource lab
  
  
• Next human-research subjects class will be March 21 in Pelton
  
  
• UW/Basic Sciences team wins best-paper prize from AAAS
  
  
• Fail-safe network phones for Fred Hutchinson
  
  
• Creative Commuter
  
  
• Discounted Sonics tickets available
  
  

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