The Harvard Gazette

Diamond-Blackfan anemia

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“In hematology and immunology, people tend to think about cytokines as working like on and off switches,” said Broad’s Vijay Sankaran. “But what we’re learning is that maybe they can be tuned.”

How a child made scientists think of cytokines as knobs instead of switches

Development could help those suffering forms of cancer, kidney disease, blood disorders

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DateMarch 9, 2017March 10, 2017

Red blood cells successfully made via induced pluripotent stem cells from a Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) patient. Control iPS cells (left) and DBA iPSc cells (right), showing that DBA blood cells don’t mature properly.

Patients’ cells provide possible treatment for blood disorder

First successful use of iPS cells to find drugs for Diamond-Blackfan anemia

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DateFebruary 8, 2017February 8, 2017