Highlights from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2024 Annual Meeting: B-Cell Lymphomas – January 15, 2025
Featuring: Dr. Ann LaCasce,
Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Category Follicular Lymphoma
David Russler-Germain, MD, PhD
Researcher Spotlight: David Russler-Germain, MD, PhD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Follicular lymphoma (FL) is typically a slow-growing disease with high response rates to initial therapy, but disease outcomes vary considerably from patient to patient. Dr. Russler-Germain, therefore, is researching…
Caitlin Gribbin, MD
Researcher Spotlight: Caitlin Gribbin, MD NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL The Kellie and Jeff Fellinge Scholar The follicular lymphoma (FL) tumor microenvironment is made up of a wide variety of non-lymphoma cells that contribute to the growth and progression of tumor cells.…
Matthew Klairmont, MD
Researcher Spotlight: Matthew Klairmont, MD NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE In many cases, follicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent and treatable B-cell lymphoma, and most patients live a normal lifespan. However, in a subset of patients, the disease can…
Samuel Yamshon, MD
Researcher Spotlight: Samuel Yamshon, MD JOAN & SANFORD I. WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY In recent years, there has been substantial research interest in harnessing the power of the body’s own immune system to help fight lymphoma. This type…
Hans-Guido Wendel, MD
Researcher Spotlight: Hans-Guido Wendel, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Mutations in epigenetic regulators of gene expression are common in follicular lymphoma (FL), which result in altered expression of hundreds of genes. Throughcollaborative efforts with clinical and research leaders at…
David Scott, MBCHB, PhD
Researcher Spotlight: David Scott, MBCHB, PhD BC Cancer The disease course for follicular lymphoma (FL) is highly variable, and while many patients respond to treatment, some may experience relapse or evolution of disease into a more aggressive form of lymphoma.…
Abner Louissaint, MD, PhD
Researcher Spotlight: Abner Louissaint, MD, PhD Massachussetts GEneral Hospital Follicular lymphoma (FL) is unique among lymphomas in that there are many interactions between tumor cells and the healthy immune cells in their environment. Although it’s known that this communication is…
Todd Fehniger, MD, PhD
Researcher Spotlight: Todd Fehniger, MD, PhD washington university school of medicine Natural killer (NK) cells are a type of immune cell that fight infections and cancer cells. Using advanced techniques for single-cell analysis, Dr. Fehniger’s LRF research aims to study…
Stephen Ansell, MD, PhD
Researcher Spotlight: Stephen Ansell, MD, PhD mayo clinic, rochester In addition to lymphoma B cells, a variety of other immune cells are found in the lymph nodes of patients with follicular lymphoma (FL), including diverse populations of T cells. Dr.…