ASH Participates in Roundtable Discussion With Senator Booker
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Get Ready for the ASH Summit on Emerging Immunotherapies
The first-of-its-kind ASH Summit on Emerging Immunotherapies for Hematologic Diseases will take place July 12 to 13 in Washington , DC . Through breakout and didactic sessions , attendees will examine pre-clinical and clinical factors influencing the effective development , regulation , and implementation of immunotherapies for both malignant and non-malignant hematologic diseases . The interactive program aims to foster strategic collaborations among researchers , clinicians , regulators , industry scientists , and patient advocates . For more information and to register , visit hematology . org / meetings .
ASH Participates in Roundtable Discussion With Senator Booker
On February 28 , Sens . Tim Scott ( R-SC ) and Cory Booker ( D-NJ ) introduced the Sickle Cell Disease Surveillance , Prevention , and Treatment Act of 2018 ( see page 12 to learn more about the legislation ). To mark its introduction , Sen . Booker hosted a roundtable discussion in collaboration with the American Society of Hematology ( ASH ). ASH Secretary Robert Brodsky , MD , joined two patients with sickle cell disease
( SCD ), a parent of a patient with SCD , and Biree Andemariam , MD , chief medical officer of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America , to discuss upcoming research opportunities , share stories , and explain why the legislation is needed . Visit Sen . Booker ’ s Facebook page ( facebook . com / corybooker ) to access a recorded version of the event .
Blood Review Series on “ Strategies to Improve GVL Effects ”
The latest Blood review series explores developments in treatments to enhance graft-versus-leukemia effects in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation , including cellular therapies , antibody-based treatments , and drugbased approaches using tyrosine kinase inhibitors and checkpoint blockade . The review series articles include :
Posttransplant chimeric antigen receptor therapy Melody Smith , MD ; Johannes Zakrzewski , MD ; Scott James , MD ; and Michel Sadelain , MD , PhD
Strategies to activate NK cells to prevent relapse and induce remission following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Sarah Cooley , MD ; Peter Parham , PhD ; and Jeffrey S . Miller , MD
The potential role of γδ T cells after allogeneic HCT for leukemia Rupert Handgretinger , MD , and Karin Schilbach , PhD
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immune checkpoint blockade in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation Robert J . Soiffer , MD ; Matthew S . Davids , MD ; and Yi-Bin Chen , MD
To read the entire series and watch a video highlight featuring Blood Associate Editor Robert Zeiser , MD , visit hematology . org / GVLreview .
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ASH Secretary Robert Brodsky , MD , ( at left ), discusses the Sickle Cell Disease Surveillance , Prevention , and Treatment Act with SCD patient advocate Dominique Goodson and Sen . Cory Booker .
Submit Your Nomination to Become an ASH Choosing Wisely Champion
In partnership with the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation , ASH recognizes efforts of practitioners who are working to eliminate costly and potentially harmful overuse of common tests and procedures . The application cycle for the 2018 ASH Choosing Wisely Champions is now open . This year ’ s three Champions will present their strategies at the 60th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego . Clinicians , researchers , or trainees at all levels in both academic and community settings are encouraged to apply by June 1 .
Visit hematology . org / ChoosingWisely for more information .
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