Researchers at City of Hope have found that cell mutations are necessary but not always sufficient for tumors to form. Instead, they suggest that additional risk factors that promote tumor growth, like chronic inflammation, are a key trigger for tumor formation.
This year marks the 49th anniversary of the City of Hope bone marrow transplant program, which was conceived and developed by Ernest Beutler and Karl Blume in 1975, with help and inspiration from E. Donnall Thomas, the 1990 Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine.
