Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was founded in 1975 in Seattle, United States of America, and is a major cancer research institute. There is interdisciplinary work by scholars who study in the laboratory and physicians who treat patients instead. Furthermore, the institute cares about advances in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment.
The mission of the Institute is " the eradication of cancer and related diseases as a cause of human suffering and death ."
History
The Institute evolved from the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute, which was founded in 1956 by Dr. William Hutchinson. The foundation devoted to the study of heart surgery, cancer and diseases of the endocrine system.
In 1964, Hutchinson's brother Fred died, the baseball for the Seattle Rainiers and Detroit Tigers had played and then coached various clubs, from lung cancer. The following year, Hutchinson founded the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as part of the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation. The Institute broke up in 1972 by the Foundation. In 2010, Lawrence Corey was appointed the fourth president and director of the Institute, after Lee Hartwell retired.
Nobel Laureate
The Institute employs three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Medicine:
- Linda Buck, received the award in 2004 for the elucidation of many details in the olfactory system;
- Lee Hartwell, was awarded in 2001 for his discoveries of control mechanisms of cell division; and
- E. Donnall Thomas, received the award for his pioneering work in the field of bone marrow transplantation in 1990.
Departments
The Hutchinson Center consists of five divisions:
- Department of Clinical Research
- Department of Basic Sciences
- Department of Human Biology
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases