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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: CASSIAN YEE - SCIENTIST

By Greg Siskind

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Canadian-born Professor Caspian Yee makes news today as media outlets report on an exciting medical breakthrough led by Yee at the University of Washington in Seattle. A patient with a diagnosis of just a year to live due to melanoma has made a complete recovery thanks to responding to the injection of his own immune cells. This is exciting and since my father has had melanoma, I'm very familiar with just how big this news is. Melanoma kills a great many, particularly those diagnosed too late. Congrats Professor Yee!

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).

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