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1、SHELVEDFordecades,theArmedForcesInstituteofPathologyhasbeenaleaderindiseasediagnosis.Nowitisclosing,anditslegacyisinjeopardy.BYALISONMCCOOKhenewstookWilliamTravis’sbreathcommunity.WithitsvastlibraryoftissueTaway.Thee-mailhehadjustopenedsamplesandexpertiseatanalysin
2、gtissuesforrevealedthattheorganizationwherethediagnosisofdisease,ithasbeenavalu-hehadworkedfornearly15years—theableresourceforresearchersandcliniciansArmedForcesInstituteofPathology(AFIP)alike.Everyyear,theAFIPreceivedatleastinWashingtonDC—wastoclose.“Ihad50,000req
3、uestsforsecondopinionsondif-K.KASMAUSKI/CORBIScoldchills,”recallsTravis,nowathoracicficultcasesfromexternalpathologists.ThepathologistattheMemorialSloan-Ketteringnearly800employees—includingexpertsinCancerCenterinNewYorkCity.“Iwasmanyareasofhumanandanimalpathologys
4、hocked.Ithought,‘Howcouldaninstitu-—mademajororminorchangestoroughlytionlikethisbeallowedtogoaway?’Ihadhalfofthecasestheyactedon.troublebreathing.”ThemilitaryhasyettodecidewhetherThatwasinthespringof2005,justfiveacademicscientistswillcontinuetohavemonthsafterTravis
5、hadlefttheinstitute.TheaccesstotheAFIP’suniquetissuerepository.storiedmedicalcentrehadbecomeacasualtyThelargestintheworld,itholds55millioninawaveofcost-cuttingclosuresandcon-glassslides,31millionparaffinblocksandWithnearlysolidationsattheUSDepartmentofDefense.moret
6、han500,000wettissuesamples.Sci-90 millionAndon15September,lessthanayearshyofentistshadonlyjustbeguntoapplymodernsamples,theits150thbirthday,theAFIPwillshutitsdoorsmoleculartechniques,suchasDNAandRNAAFIP’stissueforgood.sequencing,tothecollection.“Thatreposi-reposito
7、ryistheInitslonghistory,theAFIPhasbecometoryisaninternationaltreasury.Andthathasworld’slargest.astalwartoftheinternationalbiomedicalgottobeavailabletothecommunityatlarge,”270
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