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The Research
Fund for Waldenstrom's, Ltd. is pleased to announce the following recipients
of our 2001 Smokler Research Grants. The grants are named in honor of
Arnold Smokler who pioneered the first services for WM patients everywhere.
- College
of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in New York City, Division
of Medical Oncology and Hematology - Dr. Gwen Nichols and Dr. Cy Stein.
Protocol: Modulation of the Activity of BCL-2 Family Members in Waldenstrom's
Macroglobulinemia
- University of Alberta, Department of Oncology in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, Dr. Linda Pilarski and Dr. Andrew Belch. Identification and Monitoring
of the Unique Molecular Signature for Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
- Jointly with the Waldenstrom's Cancer Fund
Molecular Immunology Group, Tenovus Laboratory, University of Southampton
Hospitals. Southampton, U.K., Dr. Surinder S. Sahota
Defining the Maturation Potential of the Malignant Clone of Waldenstrom's
Macroglobulinemia
Our Medical Advisory Board recommended funding for all of these both for
their scientific validity and the excellent credentials of the applicants.
Faced with a dilemma we therefore have awarded $20,000 to each of the
applicants and recommended that they reapply for a second year of funding
in 2002.
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