Research, Milestones and Achievements
The Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Immune Disease Institute (PCMM/IDI) is a non-profit research institution recognized worldwide for its discoveries that increase the body's ability to fight disease and to heal.
Research Milestones
- Fractionation of blood plasma into its component parts
- Invention of the blood cell separation device called the Latham Bowl
- Platelet derived growth factor
Identification of the receptor for the common cold rhinovirus - Discovery of adhesion molecules that direct white cell migration to areas of infection
Genetics of antibody development - Mapping and cloning of immunodeficiency genes
- Therapeutic potential of SiRNA
- The association of Epstein-Barr virus and Hodgkin's disease
- Murine model of pulmonary fibrosis
- First double knockout gene
