Edited by
Steven G. Elliott, MaryAnn Foote, and Graham Molineux

2009

Molecular, Cellular, Preclinical, and
Clinical Biology

Cloning of the erythropoietin (EPO) gene was accomplished in the 1980s, allowing a breakthrough in the treatment of anemia. Now more than 2 decades later, important new understandings on erythropoiesis and EPO are revealed as a consequence of continued research in this area.