During our Scientific Summit this past July, Abstract Awards were given to three researchers for their submitted work in three categories. Abstract awards are often given to recognize research excellence and help researchers develop professionally. Once again, we...
Drs. YunZu Michele Wang of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Dr. Batul Kaj-Carbaidwala of Lurie Children’s Hospital Chicago worked with the Team Telomere family group and 16 other institutions across North America in the Clinical Care Consortium for...
Dr. Blanche Alter, MD, MPH received the prestigious Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology at the 65th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in December 2023! Dr. Alter’s work has led to critical contributions in the field of Telomere...
The Telomere Biology Disorder community sends major congratulations to Dr. Emily Pearce for defending her dissertation and earning her PhD! Dr. Pearce’s thesis was titled “The Experience and Management of Medical Uncertainty in Telomere Biology Disorders” and...
Our lab focuses on understanding what controls telomere length from a molecular level, with the hope that this knowledge will help us develop new therapies to treat telomere related diseases. This project began with the simple idea: What if there are pathways in the...
Telomere disorders including dyskeratosis congenita (DC) manifest in stem cell failure in highly proliferative tissues such as the skin, blood, and gut, as well as fibrosis in organs including lung and liver. While hematopoietic manifestations can be treated with bone...
