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Corporate Affiliates E-newsletter

Welcome to this first edition of the Corporate Affiliates Enews, offering you highlights on the latest research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. We encourage you to forward this to your colleagues, staff and friends.

In this issue:
In the news »   Healthy Living Tip »   Quest Summer Issue 2008 »

In the News

Mark Roth, Ph.D. — Secret of Reversible Hibernation
Mark Roth, a member of the Hutchinson Center's Basic Sciences Division, is perhaps best known for his research in reversible metabolic hibernation, a technique that one day may be used to help buy time for critically ill trauma patients on organ-transplant lists and in operating rooms, emergency rooms and battlefields. Dr. Roth, a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship or "genius" award, has been profiled recently in numerous publications.

Suspending life »
Seed Magazine, April 14, 2008

Rotten Remedy »
Hydrogen sulfide joins the list of the body's friendly, if foul, gases.
Science News Online, March 8, 2008

Animation: Unlocking the secrets of hibernation may help doctors devise new treatments to buy time to help people survive otherwise lethal injuries  »
Forbes, Feb. 11, 2008

Healthy Living Tip

Vitamin D can slow the progression of breast cancer. Dr. Anne McTiernan of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center comments on this most recent discovery on ABC World News ».

Quest Summer Issue 2008

"A Cure is Not Enough." Most cancer survivors find that beating cancer is the first step of a long journey to regain their lives."
Read more  »

Upcoming Events

Corporate Affiliates First Annual Networking Forum:
A Conversation on Global Health

November 2008
Join fellow Corporate Affiliates members on the Hutchinson Center campus.

Science events
Informal gatherings with scientists on and off the Hutchinson Center's campus bring you face to face with Center researchers. Corporate Affiliates members and guests are encouraged to attend.

July 16
Family Lab Crawl — 5 p.m.
Learn about science from researchers in a fun, informal environment perfect for kids grade 6 and up.

August 2 & 21
Science Spectrum, Sun Valley, ID
and Roche Harbor, WA
A casual evening off campus where leading scientists from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center present research findings and answer questions in an intimate setting.

September 17
Lab Crawl — 5 p.m.
A behind-the-scenes opportunity to learn directly from scientists in their lab environments and in-between opportunities to mingle with them over wine and hors d'oeuvres.

RSVP
For all science events
RSVP to Rainee Johnson 206.667.3402 or
rajohso@fhcrc.org

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