Rewriting Immunity's Rules: New Strategies Against Cancer

02.17.2009

Albert Yu came through months of treatment that gave him a new immune system. Now, two years after the transplant that fought his cancer, he and his wife, Mary Bechmann Yu, are living a life renewed.

Albert Yu played tennis before he became ill with cancer and, since his bone marrow transplant, he's worked diligently to get back his game.

For months, Yu had to be careful about his activities, especially those that exposed him to other people and possible infection.  Now, his new immune system is strong.

The BMT program hosts an annual reunion for its patients; this group, photographed at this year's gathering, represents some of those who've had their transplants 10 years.

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