Curt I. Civin Video Documentation
name: label: Creator
content: Vogelstein, Bert
label: Creator
content: Kinsler, Kenneth
label: Creator
content: Sharrer, Terry
label: Creator
content: Civin, Curt I.
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Names
content: Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
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content: Becton Dickinson.
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content: Johns Hopkins University
topic: label: Topic
content: Tumors in children -- 1970-2000
label: Topic
content: Physicians -- 1950-2000
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content: Stem cells
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content: Oncology -- 1970-2000
label: Topic
content: Leukemia in children -- 1970-2000
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content: Medicine -- 1970-2000
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content: Cancer research -- 1970-2000
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content: Cell growth -- 1970-2000
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Created by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History, 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Vogelstein, Bert
label: Creator
content: Kinsler, Kenneth
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content: Sharrer, Terry
label: Creator
content: Civin, Curt I.
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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content: Curt I. Civin Video Documentation
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: In the 1970s when Civin began stem cell research, little was known about progeniters, the cells of all other blood lineages. Civin thought that stem cells had their own identifying surface proteins. To test this, he immunized mice with leukemia cells, some of which he supposed might have that peculiar protein and then harvested the resulting immunoglobulins and reproduced them as monoclonal antibodies. In 1981, Civin discovered an antibody that bound to 1% of marrow cells.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.25 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997-06-05
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: This videodocumentation was created by the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and NMAH staff Terry Sharrer of the Division of Science, Medicine and Society. Tranferred to the Archives Center October, 1997.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0623
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Videotapes
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content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 1998.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes -- 1990-2000
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content: Oral history -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1980-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Original videos documenting Curt I. Civins's discovery of the cell surface protein that makes stem cell selection possible; and interviews with Kenneth Kinsler and Bert Vogelstein.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Archival Materials
content: Prototype of stem cell selector instrument housed in Division of Science and Medicine and Society (now Division of Medicine and Science).