NEWS & EVENTS
Dr. Thomas Annesley receives Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Thomas Annesley, PhD, DABCC, Active Professor Emeritus of Clinical Chemistry on his recognition with an Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine from the Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine.
Dr. Annette Kim installed as the Henry Clay Bryant Professor in Pathology
Congratulations on the investiture of Annette Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, and Director of the Division of Diagnostic Genetics and Genomics, with the Henry Clay Bryant Professorship in Pathology. This professorship was established to honor the legacy of Dr. Bryant, who received his medical degree and completed his pathology residency at the University of Michigan.
Researchers find common immune system mechanism between pregnancy, cancer
To understand why some cancers successfully circumvent the immune system to grow unchecked, researchers turned to pregnancy. “In pregnancy, the immune system does not reject the growing fetus, so we know there must be mechanisms active in the placenta. In cancer, it’s the same thing: the growing tumor is not rejected by the immune system. It means the cancer cells have developed strategies to suppress immune rejection, same as in pregnancy,” said Weiping Zou, M.D., Ph.D., professor of experimental pathology.