Broxmeyer Cited for Blood Disease Research
Hal E. Broxmeyer, PhD, was selected as the 2002 Karl Landsteiner
Memorial Award recipient by the American Association of Blood Banks
for his research in the regulation and use of stem and progenitor
cells.
Dr. Broxmeyer, chairman and Mary Margaret Walther Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology, was cited by the association for original
research resulting in an important contribution to the body of scientific
knowledge in the field of blood-related disease. With his selection,
he joins a prestigious group of past recipients, seven of whom are
Nobel Prize winners.
Dr. Broxmeyer, director of the Walther Oncology Center at the
IU School of Medicine, was one of the originators of using umbilical
cord blood 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.
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