 of sorting their chromosomes is the first step to understanding what goes wrong and what to do about it. Many advances in medicine, such as the recent progress in cancer immunotherapy, are built on foundations laid by basic scientists decades ago, he noted.
“Medicine in general is enabled by basic science,” Smith said.
This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Sabrina Richards, a staff writer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has written about scientific research and the environment for The Scientist and OnEarth Magazine. She has a Ph.D. in immunology from the University of Washington, an M.A. in journalism and an advanced certificate from the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program at New York University. Reach her at email@example.com.
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