Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (German Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ) was founded in 1975 in Seattle , founded United States of America, and is a major cancer -Forschungsinstitut. There, interdisciplinary work is carried out by scientists who research in the laboratory and doctors who treat patients. The institute also looks after advances in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment.
The institute's mission is to "eradicate cancer and related diseases as the cause of human suffering and death".
history
The institute evolved from the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute , founded in 1956 by William Hutchinson. The foundation was dedicated to research into heart surgery, cancer and diseases of the endocrine system.
In 1964, Hutchinson's brother Fred, who played baseball for the Seattle Rainiers and Detroit Tigers and then coached various clubs, died of lung cancer . The following year, Hutchinson founded the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as part of the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation . The institute separated from the foundation in 1972. In 2010, Lawrence Corey was named the institute's fourth president and director after Lee Hartwell retired.
Nobel Prize Winner
The institute employed three recipients of the Nobel Medicine Prize :
- Linda Buck , received the award in 2004 for clarifying many details in the olfactory system ;
- Lee Hartwell , was honored in 2001 for his discoveries about the control mechanisms of cell division ; and
- E. Donnall Thomas , received the award in 1990 for his pioneering work in the field of bone marrow transplantation .
Departments
- Clinical Research Department
- Department of Basic Sciences
- Department of Human Biology
- Public Health Department
- Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Department
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ https://www.fredhutch.org/en/about/about-the-hutch/history.html
- ↑ Mission Statement . fhcrc.org. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ^ Hutchinson Center History . fhcrc.org. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ Lawrence Corey, infectious disease expert, new Hutchinson Center President . In: Seattle Post-Intelligencer , July 29, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ↑ Medicine 2004 . nobelprize.org. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ↑ Medicine 2001 . nobelprize.org. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ Medicine 1990 . nobelprize.org. Retrieved November 4, 2012.