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Stuart Orkin receives $500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize for his groundbreaking research on genetics of inherited blood disorders
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Dr. Stuart H. Orkin
The 2021 Gruber Genetics Prize has been awarded to Harvard hematologist-oncologist and geneticist Dr. Stuart H. Orkin for his pioneering discoveries of the genetic underpinnings of blood disorders. His remarkable body of work has not only revolutionized our understanding of how these illnesses occur but has also led to promising new gene-based therapies for thalassemia and sickle cell disease, two inherited blood disorders that affect millions of people around the world.
Orkin is the David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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IMAGE: Stuart H. Orkin, MD is recognized by ISSCR for his groundbreaking discoveries in many aspects of hematopoiesis and particularly as a pioneer in establishing the roles of transcription factors and. view more
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Skokie, IL The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) awards the 2021 Tobias Lecture Award to Stuart H. Orkin, M.D., Boston Children s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, USA. Established in 2015 and supported by the Tobias Foundation, the prize recognizes original and promising basic hematology research as well as direct translational or clinical research related to cell therapy in hematological disorders. The award will be presented at a special lecture on 23 June at 1:15 p.m. EDT (13:15 EDT) during ISSCR 2021 Virtual, the world s leading meeting of global innovators in stem cell science and regenerative medicine.