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1980
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Geoffrey Herzig, MD, named first director of Washington University’s bone marrow transplant program. |
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1982
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Program’s first recorded bone marrow transplant is performed with marrow from a matched sibling pair. |
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1983
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First autologous transplant performed. |
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1992
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First matched unrelated donor transplant performed. |
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1994
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John DiPersio, MD, PhD, named program director.
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First annual celebration for bone marrow and stem cell transplant patients. |
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1997
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Program members develop a mouse model of acute promyelocytic leukemia that will be used more than 10 years later in the first successful attempt to sequence the genome of a mouse with cancer. |
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1998
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New 26-bed transplant unit with ICU capabilities opens on north campus of Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
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2003
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New laboratory space completed for Siteman's Hematopoietic Development and Malignancy Research Program, Embryonic Stem Cell Core, High-Speed Cell Sorter Core and Good Manufacturing Practice facility. |
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Timothy Ley, MD, and colleagues awarded an $11 million Program Project grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the genetic basis of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). |
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2004
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Washington University physicians complete program’s 3,000th transplant. |
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2005
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Opening of second unit for transplant and hematologic cancer patients, currently licensed for 38 beds. |
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2006
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Former Washington University resident and fellow Peter Westervelt, MD, PhD, named bone marrow and transplant program director. |
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2007
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Washington University joins Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium, an organization of leading academic medical centers designed to speed the development of new myeloma therapies. (More) |
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AML Program Project grant renewed for five years. |
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2008
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Washington University scientists become first to sequence the genome of a cancer patient, a woman with AML. (More) |
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2009
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Genome of second AML patient sequenced, giving scientists a clearer picture of the complexity of the disease and allowing them to see unexpected genetic relationships among patients. (More) |
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2010
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Researchers discover mutations in a single gene – DNMT3A – predict poor outcomes in AML patients. (More) |
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2011
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First sequencing of a mouse cancer genome, using mouse model of acute promyelocytic leukemia developed at Washington University. (More) |
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5,000th transplant performed. |