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Grace McAuley joined Dr. Donald Kohn’s lab after completing four years on the UCLA track and field and cross-country teams.
DNA illustration.
Evie Junior photographed in the woods
Sickle cell disease red blood cells
UCLA cancer researchers and study co-authors (from left) Evan Abt PhD, Thuc Le PhD and Khalid Rashid PhD
Three UCLA researchers pictured in 3 panels
Grace McAuley and Dr. Donald Kohn at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy Annual Meeting
Human blood stem cells emerging from specialized endothelial cells in the wall of an embryonic aorta. UCLA scientists’ confirmation of this process clarifies a longstanding controversy about the stem cells’ cellular origin.