Volume 4, Number 5 - February 9, 2009

In this issue:

• City of Hope researchers review therapeutic role of RNA interference in Nature
• Oncology Nursing Society honors pair of influential nursing research leaders
• Powerful protein uses double action to shield cancer from body’s internal defense system
• Staff members put Walk for Hope in the pink
• Grant from stem cell agency will fund development of new manufacturing methods
• Valentine’s Day gifts also boost City of Hope
• “Blue Crew” brings caravan of cheer to City of Hope
• City of Hope experts keep writing the story of hematopoietic cell transplantation

Raise your voices
Artists from the LA Opera and a member of the City of Hope Singers entertain patients in City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital.

The recent visit included a performance in Cooper Auditorium, where singers voiced carols and classics from the American Songbook to more than 275 patients and their family members, faculty and staff, students and others.

The December 2008 concert was the inaugural performance in City of Hope’s new quarterly opera concert series, underwritten by Scott Lord, LA Opera board member and City of Hope supporter. The next concert, themed “Spring is in the Air,” is scheduled for March 20. (Photo by p.cunningham)