Fox Chase Cancer Center In Depth

David Hungerford and the Philadelphia Chromosome

Predoctoral fellow David A. Hungerford detected a tiny flaw in chromosomes from the blood cells of patients with a type of leukemia. It was the first genetic defect linked with a specific human cancer. Today, scientists continue to develop innovative new cancer treatments that provide better outcomes for patients, building on a discovery made five decades ago by a young Fox Chase researcher.

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The Iconoclast and Her ‘Big Questions’

FOX CHASE’S Beatrice Mintz has been at the forefront of developmental genetics for nearly 50 years.  Mintz characterizes her career as pursuing “a series of big questions” that she has had “a good time” answering. Here, she considers (smaller) questions posed by Forward.

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