Dr. Bryant, whose research is on pollen, continued to teach two online courses and conduct research while receiving treatment for acute myeloid leukemia. The treatment requires 30 days of isolation in a sterile room.
“I wanted to continue doing my research while I was locked up in a germ-free room for 30 days so I asked if I could have a microscope,” Dr. Bryant said, according to the Houston Chronicle. “The doctors said that never in the history of the leukemia ward had any patient ever asked for the use of a microscope and it took them a few days to decide whether or not to let me have one.”
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