Rainer Storb
Rainer F. Storb (born June 26, 1935 in Essen ) is a German - American hematologist and oncologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle . Storb did a lot for the introduction of bone marrow transplantation , with fundamental experimental work , with translational research and with large clinical studies. He introduced treatment with immunosuppressants to control graft-versus-host reactions .
Live and act
Storb studied medicine in Munich and Freiburg from 1955 to 1960 and became a member of the Corps Franconia Munich in 1957 . He received his PhD in 1960 with the work over the shape change of the small pulmonary arteries of people after the birth of Dr. med. After two years as an assistant doctor in Munich and Essen, he went to Jean Bernard at the Hôpital Saint-Louis and to Marcel Bessis at the Center national de transfusion sanguine (today Établissement français du sang ) at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine with the support of the NATO science program , both in Paris . With a Fulbright scholarship , Storb then went to Seattle to join Robert Epstein and the later Nobel Prize winner E. Donnall Thomas . In 1970 Storb received his first professorship (assistant professor) at the University of Washington School of Medicine , in 1973 he became an associate professor , in 1977 he was given a full professorship in oncology . In 1975 he was one of the founders of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center .
Storb was Head of Transplant Biology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center . Here he accompanied all steps in the development of the method of bone marrow transplantation , its development towards standardized stem cell transplantation , research into the main histocompatibility and the graft-versus-host reaction , the improvement of preparation ( conditioning ) and immunosuppression for follow-up treatment. Further work dealt with the so-called mini- transplantation without a previous complete myeloablation , with which the stem cell transplantation was also accessible to elderly patients or those with previous damage to other organs and uses a graft-versus-tumor effect to heal the underlying cancer .
Storb is one of the most cited oncologists. He is married and has a son.
Awards
- 1987 Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Prize
- 1989 Carus Prize of the Leopoldina
- 1990 Meyenburg Prize
- 1997 Henry M. Stratton Medal
- 2005 E. Donnall Thomas Prize from the American Society of Hematology
- 2014 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Web links
- Rainer Storb, head of Transplantation Biology Program and Storb Lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (fredhutch.org)
- Rainer Storb, MD at the Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research (gabriellesangels.org)
- CV (PDF, 324 kB) at the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology (dgho.de)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 38 , 1199
- ↑ On the change in shape of the small pulmonary arteries in humans after birth. In: d-nb.info. December 24, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 .
- ↑ The Dr. Josef Steiner Cancer Research Foundation. In: steinerstiftung.unibe.ch. December 16, 2005, accessed December 30, 2016 .
- ^ Carus Medal. In: leopoldina.org. December 30, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 .
- ^ Meyenburg Foundation. In: meyenburg-stiftung.de. April 24, 2005, accessed December 30, 2016 .
- ^ Henry M. Stratton Medal Recipients (Formerly Lecture). In: hematology.org. Retrieved December 30, 2016 .
- ^ Fred Hutch researcher Rainer Storb named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In: fredhutch.org. November 26, 2014, accessed December 30, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Storb, Rainer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Storb, Rainer F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American hematologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |