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Watch our new video to learn how Fred Hutch basic scientists lay the foundation for lifesaving treatments, giving patients like Gregg Gordon a future.
For Your Health
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Dr. Eric Holland is leading Hutch researchers toward precise new therapies for some of the deadliest solid tumors.
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Women who are allergic to airborne particles – especially from plants, grasses and trees – may have a higher risk of suffering from leukemia and lymphoma.
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Dr. Fred Appelbaum is developing therapies that could reduce transplantation’s side effects – and help some patients avoid transplants altogether.
Science Matters
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Backed by $120 million in venture capital, Juno Therapeutics Inc. was founded to bring cancer-killing T-cell therapies to more patients, faster. Its founding partners are Fred Hutch, Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

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A recent NOVA episode showcased how Roth’s research on suspended animation could buy time for trauma patients.
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Fred Hutch opened a lab in Cape Town, South Africa, which will be the backbone of ambitious HIV vaccine trials in the AIDS-ridden country. Dr. Julie McElrath's team is leading the charge.
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Dr. Tom Vaughan helped identify genetic variants associated with esophageal cancer and its precursor, Barrett’s esophagus – a discovery that could lead to new screening tests.
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Women with higher-than-normal exposures to two pesticides may be more likely to suffer from endometriosis – a noncancerous condition that affects the ovaries and fallopian tubes, according to a study led by Dr. Kristen Upson.
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Nelson is developing individualized prostate cancer therapies that could be more effective than traditional treatment.
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Pesticides linked to endometriosis risk
The New York Times "Well" blog, Nov. 5, 2013
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