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Creation Date
2025
Photographer
Quentin Pace, MSLS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Description
Artist(s): Marlene Castro
Materials: Plastic supply caps
This artwork, crafted from Apheresis Clinic's supply caps and tubings meant for discard, and mostly of unused/expired specimen lab tubes generously provided by the MDA Laboratory Department- transform the remnants of diagnosis into a vision of recovery. Each cap, tube, and stopper once carried the story of someone doing Stem Cell Therapy or awaiting answers-each a symbol of illness, uncertainty and the fragile search for healing. Now, reimagined as a vivid landscape, they tell a new story: one of resilience, hope, renewal and the interconnectedness of science, nature and the human spirit. This recycled art piece is a tribute by the Apheresis Clinic and team to every patient, every healer, and the enduring beauty that can rise from our most vulnerable moments.
Document Type
Image
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