
Akil Merchant
@akilmerchantmd
HemeOnc Fellowship co-director @CSCancerCenter. Interests in Cancer, Immunotherapy, Lymphoma, CART, Bone Marrow Transplantation.
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https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/research/labs/merchant.html 26-10-2015 15:59:12
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This work extends previous studies demonstrating importance of the TME, specifically the macrophage, in outcome of Hodgkin lymphoma; future studies should leverage the assay to determine whether this represents a predictive biomarker. Journal of Clinical Oncology ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

Intresting short article in Nature Medicine discussing the decline in clinical academics in the UK and US. Another issue, not discussed, is the failure to recognise all the components of the job equally, clinical/research/teaching. The interests of Universities and the NHS are



A few thoughts on the recent comparison paper for imaging-based #spatialtranscriptomics (iST) methods from the Rahul Satija: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🔬 Have a look at the significant advances Cedars-Sinai Cancer has achieved in enhancing cancer treatment and care. Cancer at Cedars-Sinai ceda.rs/3So1TrK

Dr. Akil Merchant Akil Merchant is co-senior author on a Journal of Clinical Oncology paper using innovative #spatialprofiling techniques to predict if #cancer of the immune system recurs in patients treated with a #bonemarrowtransplant. Journal of Clinical Oncology cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/predi…

Happy to share our latest paper by Omar S.M. El Nahhas et al., which was just published in Nature Communications! This work presents a new method which improves the prediction of biomarkers from routine pathology slides. nature.com/articles/s4146… TU Dresden katherlab @Medizin_TUD







Earlier this week we carried out a preliminary analysis of our first 10x Genomics Xenium prime (5,000 gene) run. We had designed this experiment to get a sense of how the prime chemistry performed compared to the Xenium V1 chemistry.

Presenting an overview with Ranjana Advani of the current role of brentuximab and the checkpoint inhibitors in classic Hodgkin lymphoma: doi.org/10.1200/OP.24.… Thanks to JCO Oncology Practice for a great review & publication process.


Excited to share that the 2024 Research Updates in Lymphoma was a fantastic success! We enjoyed excellent presentations, insightful discussions, and explored novel techniques and future research opportunities in #lymphoma transformation. Akil Merchant Ash Alizadeh, MD/PhD 🇺🇸


Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2024 Research Updates in Lymphoma conference at Cedars-Sinai on Sept 28-29! We appreciate the national experts who shared their insights on cutting-edge treatments and groundbreaking research in lymphoma care. #LymphomaResearch


