Healing in the Elements, 2025, detail

Abstract

Artist(s): Marlene Castro Materials: Plastic supply caps /= / \u3ez This artwork, crafted from Apheresis Clinic\u27s 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.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1090/thumbnail.jp