ASH News Daily Wrap-Up Issue Download
The ASH News Daily Wrap Up issue includes highlights of the 2020 ASH Annual Meeting. Download it as a PDF here. The ASH News Daily Preview Issue also is available to download here as a PDF.
The Chronicles of #ASH20
“This is the land of Narnia,' said the Faun, 'where we are now; all that lies between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel on the eastern sea.” ―C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The ASH annual meeting continues...
Supporting Hematology’s Future: The 2020 ASH Scholar Award
The ASH Scholar Award is the Society’s longest-standing award program and one of the most highly regarded. For almost three decades, ASH has supported hundreds of fellows and junior faculty in both basic and clinical/translational research by providing partial salary...
Classical Hits: A Hematology Review
I’m with Dr. Alice Ma on this one. Classical hematology, or the study of nonmalignant, but not so “benign,” hematologic conditions evokes an image of white bearded, Latin speaking, tweed blazer (with elbow patches) wearing physicians, gathering in dusty, musty...
Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair: Race, Ethnicity, and Disparities Hovered Through the Meeting Air!
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair;Hover through the fog and filthy air.”— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1 The apportionment ratios of personhood based on race, ethnicity, and gender, once seemingly fair from the Western worldview, are emerging as increasingly foul to many....
One Size to Fit All: The Quest for the “Universal Donor” in Hematology
As a transfusionist, around Christmas and major holidays I pester my hospital blood bank staff to see if we have enough group “O” red blood cells (RBCs) to serve our patients. O cells lack “A” and “B” antigens on the RBC surface and serve as the “universal donor” for...
A Year to Remember
In ancient times, the Babylonians made commitments to their gods at the start of each year to return borrowed objects and pay their debts. The Romans made similar promises to the god Janus, for whom the month of January is named. And still today, with each new year,...
Running Behind, But Flying Ahead: Late Breaking Abstracts Pushing Science Forward
In 2020, we are all running behind. Research stalled or halted due to a deadly pandemic becomes just another reason on a long list that prevents us from getting our science finalized before it is shared. Fortunately, ASH provides a mechanism to those scientists whose...