National Disease Research Interchange Appoints Broxmeyer Board Chairman.Pioneering Cord Blood Researcher Noted for Work in Blood-Related Disorders PHILADELPHIA -- The National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI) has appointed Hal E. Broxmeyer, Ph.D., as Board Chairman effective January 1, 2007. Dr. Broxmeyer, a leading researcher in the cause of blood-related disorders, is Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Scientific Director of the Walther Oncology Center of the Indiana University School of Medicine The Indiana University School of Medicine is the medical school of Indiana University, part of the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Established in 1903, the school had an initial class of 25 students. , Indianapolis. He succeeds outgoing Chairman D. Walter Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , D.D.S., Chancellor Emeritus of the Drexel University College of Medicine Drexel University College of Medicine is the medical school of Drexel University. It represents the consolidation of two venerable medical schools: the nation's first medical school for women and the first U.S. college of homeopathy. Residency Locations St. , Philadelphia. Dr. Broxmeyer was one of the originators of using umbilical cord blood umbilical cord blood Transplantation A source of primitive and stem cells that can be used to reconstitute BM destroyed by aplastic anemia or by RT or chemotherapy for CA, lymphoproliferative malignancies. See Bone marrow transplantation, Stem cell therapy. as an alternative source for stem cells. The first cord blood transplant was performed in France in October 1988 as part of a multi-institutional, international effort. The cord blood used to treat the young patient with a rare disease, Fanconi anemia, was banked and processed at IUSM by Dr. Broxmeyer. Today his research continues into the feasibility of using stem cells from cord blood in transplants of children and adults suffering from diseases such as leukemia and anemia. Dr. Broxmeyer has received numerous honors including the Variety Club Heart Award for outstanding research that benefits children. In 2002, he received the Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award by the American Association of Blood Banks for his research in the regulation and use of stem and progenitor cells. "NDRI is fortunate to have had a continuous stream of talented and dedicated chairs at its helm," said Lee Ducat DUCAT. The name of a foreign coin. The ducat of Naples shall be estimated in the computations of customs, at eighteen cents. Act of May 22, 1846. , Founder and President of NDRI. "Walter served with distinction and we look forward to his continued participation on the board, while we enthusiastically welcome the next era under Hal's leadership with his own vision and ideas in the field." About the National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI): The non-profit NDRI was established in 1980 to provide research scientists with the human tissue samples necessary to study human systems and human disease. In the past 20 years, NDRI has served some 5,000 scientists with more than 200,000 human biomaterials, leading to more than 2,500 papers published in scholarly journals on diseases from diabetes to cancer to HIV and rare diseases. Funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, NDRI obtains tissues that would ordinarily be discarded and distributes them to the top research institutions in the world. Institutions working with NDRI include the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , Mt Sinai School of Medicine, Duke University, Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school located in Houston, Texas, USA on the grounds of the Texas Medical Center. It has been consistently rated the top medical school in Texas and among the best in the United States. , the Wistar Institute, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Stanford University, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , among others. NDRI also has a strong tradition of working with top pharma and biotech R&D programs nationwide. For more information about NDRI, please call 1-800-222-6374 or visit www.ndriresource.org. Photo available upon request. |
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