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Barbara Van Husen on Improvements in MPN Research

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Barbara Van Husen

Barbara Van Husen, president of the MPN Research Foundation, discusses how after the discovery of the JAK2 mutation in 2005, MPN research and treatment advances proliferated. Now, Van Husen says, it is one of the most active areas of hematological research

Barbara Van Husen, president of the MPN Research Foundation, discusses how after the discovery of the JAK2 mutation in 2005, MPN research and treatment advances proliferated. Now, Van Husen says, it is one of the most active areas of hematological research.

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