Keown: Transplant Pioneers

Keown: Transplant Pioneers

Sixteen years after donating bone marrow to a child with cancer, Susan Keown writes a richly detailed profile of a scientist whose work made transplants possible. Susan is a science writer and editor for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and profiles John Hansen,...

Nelson: From Waste to Cancer Treatment

Bryn Nelson follows leukemia patient Chris through an unusual stem cell transplant. Instead of receiving adult bone marrow, Chris was treated with umbilical cord blood. In this deeply compassionate, fully reported story for Mosaic, Bryn shows that the process...