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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
able to contribute anything new? There was also the issue of how to fund this new venture. None of the existing medical nonprofit strategies seemed right for him. There was the nonprofit model, which raises smaller donations from lots of... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
for any type of transplant—liver, lung, heart, kidney—regardless of where that organ came from, whether a living donor, a deceased donor, or in this case, a pig. How might this drug revolutionize transplant medicine? Traditional immunosuppressants wipe out populations... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Sep 2016
- News
Connecting Past and Present
Family health was the impetus for Stanley Diamond (MBA 1958), founder of one of the world’s largest genealogy resources. “My family carries the beta thalassemia genetic trait,” a blood disorder. When my nephew was diagnosed, and we then... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
community is evident in the halls of medical, educational, and cultural institutions throughout the Boston area. The Kraft Family Blood Lab at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, for example, is one of the largest View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
liquid, the observation refers to her involvement in, first, the 1993 launch of ViaCord, a company that enabled parents to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells that help treat life-threatening diseases like... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)
management and finance. I enjoyed working with students from different backgrounds and from around the world, seeing their contributions and how their thinking would change as they got to know each other better. At UNO, I have funded a management chair, View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
COVID-related trials needing over 858,000 volunteers. “Every week, every day, every hour we can decrease the time for developing COVID-19 solutions will make a tremendous impact,” says Kapoor, who notes that the platform will soon begin to match COVID positive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
research management. Photo Courtesy JDRF Peter Van Etten (MBA ’73) is president and CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), which has donated many millions to stem-cell research and strongly advocated that federal funds... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
cofounded by Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, and her husband, Dr. George Herzlinger, recently announced that it has donated 100 portable blood and fluid... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
it is easy to forget the importance of family and friends." Alumni Take Action Once they began to recover from the initial shock of the events of September 11, HBS alumni started putting their skills to work. Whether donating money,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
role that is most important to Harf is being the cofounder and chariman of DKMS, the blood cancer cure bank. Now the most successful organization of its kind in the world, he launched it in 1991 after losing his first wife to View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
wanted to advance clinical trials and facilitate blood plasma donations to help fight the pandemic. He recently helped launch WorldWithoutCovid.org, a free public health service for patients and researchers... View Details