S18-348 Method to predict response to cancer immunotherapy Researchers at Stanford have identified polymorphisms in SIRPalpha that can be used to predict responsiveness to immunotherapy. Cancer cells can evade elimination by the immune system by expressing the CD47 "don't eat me" signal. Michal Tal Ying Yiu Amira Barkal Hanna Ollila Irving Weissman
S02-234 Deriving Pure Compositions of Mammalian Megakaryocyte Progenitor Cells Please see issued patent and publication, below, for details. Irving Weissman Thanyaphong Na Nakorn Toshihiro Miyamoto