by David Wallace The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $2.4 million grant to Dr. , a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia, to advance understanding of a group of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). The research project, titled “Molecular Basis for Progression […]
Transforming MPN Research Through Personal Experience
Part 1 in our new “Rising Stars” series featuring – Dr. Tyler Parsons Written by Heidi Cascarano and David Wallace Early Blood Clot Mysteries Like many MPN patients, Tyler’s journey to diagnosis was a long and winding road, marked by mysterious symptoms that remained unexplained for years. For Tyler, these symptoms took the form of […]
Structure of Protein Pair Provides Blueprint for Future Drugs
Publishers Note: Researcher Associate Professor Jeff Babon advises: This is very early stage research. It gives us the blueprint to begin to develop a medicine that targets the molecule, JAK2, that is responsible for PV and other MPNs in a novel way, the same way that is used by own our natural JAK2-inhibitory protein (called SOCS1). […]
A key role for lymphoid cells in the pathology of myeloproliferative neoplasm
Publisher’s Note In early July, we reported The MPN Research Foundation and LLS granted $1 million research funding for MPNs. Dr Angela Fleischman has been a key contributor to PV Reporter and was one of the MPN Challenge award winners. I asked her for a description of the research they will be working on and she […]