Two New Investigators
Win BBMT Editorial Awards

Two medical scientists are the recipients of editorial awards for new investigators for their articles published this past year in Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Both are recipients of a $5,000 prize, supported by grants from StemCell Technologies Inc., and StemSoft Software Inc.  Selection of the winning articles was by the BBMT Editorial Board and the ASBMT Publications Committee.

Basic Science Award

Guliang Xia, MD, PhD, of Northwestern University Transplant Lab, Chicago, is winner of the Ernest McCulloch & James Till Award for best basic science article by a new investigator.  The award is supported by an education grant from StemCell Technologies Inc.

His article, published in the April 2006 issue, was “Graft-versus-Leukemia and Graft-versus-Host Reactions after Donor Lymphocyte Infusion Are Initiated by Host-Type Antigen-Presenting Cells and Regulated by Regulatory T-Cells in Early and Long-Term Chimeras.”

Clinical Science Award

Kim Robien, PhD, of the University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, is recipient of the George Santos Award for best clinical science article by a new investigator.  The award is supported by an education grant from StemSoft Software Inc.

Her article published in the September 2006 issue was “Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase and Thymidylate Synthase Genotypes and Risk of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia.”

The awards were presented by BBMT Editor-in-Chief Robert Korngold, PhD, and representatives of StemSoft Software and StemCell Technologies.