Chronic Illness—The New Opportunity

A new opportunity for MEMRI

Equal opportunity targeting in chronic GVHD.

In this issue of Blood, studies by Rangarajan et al comprehensively analyzing the clonotypic T-cell response provide evidence that the effector T cells that mediate chronic GVHD may have a unique specificity that includes recognition of self.1 G raft-versus-host disease is the major complication that occurs after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and is classically thought to be the ...

An opportunity to explore new challenges

Reconnecting Health and Housing: Philanthropy's New Opportunity

The connection between health and housing was widely understood by nineteenth century social reformers and philanthropists and was the dominant framework for low-income housing until the early twentieth century. The Affordable Care Act has not only set in motion reform in the nation’s health care system, but also opens up new opportunities for re-connecting the housing and health sectors. While...

A new hospital library: a marketing opportunity.

A new or remodeled library presents a unique marketing opportunity for the hospital librarian. Furthermore, a well-designed library markets itself through its convenience, attractiveness, and ease of use. A marketing approach to library planning takes into account needs of users and of library staff and considers the librarian's relations with the architect as well as with hospital employees. T...