In Memoriam: Richard A. Gatti, MD (1937–2025)
Alessandro Aiuti, Luigi D. Notarangelo · 2026
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Alessandro Aiuti and Luigi Notarangelo write in memory of Richard Gatti, a pioneer of immune medicine who died in 2025. Their 2026 piece recalls a career at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gatti trained in pediatrics and in biochemical genetics. In 1968 he took a fellowship in immunology in Minnesota under Robert Good, a founder of the field.
That year, Gatti and Good reported the first successful bone marrow transplant from a sibling donor. The child, aged five months, had a severe immune defect tied to the X chromosome. The graft took, with only a mild reaction that cleared on its own. Gatti later found the ATM gene. His work changed how rare immune and DNA repair disorders are found and treated.
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| CREATOR | Alessandro Aiuti, Luigi D. Notarangelo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |