I - like so many others  - are shocked, saddened and shaken by this news. Warren's passing is a great loss to his friends, family and to our scientific community.

Nearly exactly one year ago, when an MRI found that I had a brain tumor, Warren wrote me an e-mail, part of which I will share here, because it sums up part of him and his approach to life:

"...I am so sorry to read your startling news.  
Not a one of us is excused from life-altering biology and random
accidents, any of which can strike suddenly without warning.  For that
reason, we must never take anything for granted.  Not a single day.  Not
a single friend.  
But as you well know, there are only two things we can do in defiance of
chance, whether in sickness or in health:

1. Do everything you feel is important in life, today, or as soon as
possible.  
2. Never give up.  Ignore the odds.  Always believe you will survive and
thrive.
.....I am personally counting on you to get through this just fine and be back
in action ....  "


Warren will be remembered well...and I wish for him to be at peace.

-Linda


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Linda S. Brinen, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Dept of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology and
The Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases
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