Awards UWMDI Investigator, Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, Receives Program Project Grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute UW Medicine | August 27, 2020 Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition), and professor…emcguinnAugust 27, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week CBFB-MYH11 Fusion Neoantigen Enables T Cell Recognition and Killing of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Biernacki, M., et al. | August 27, 2020 Proteins created from recurrent fusion genes like CBFB-MYH11 are prevalent in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), often necessary…emcguinnAugust 27, 2020 Read More
Local News New ‘Molecular Computers’ Find the Right Cells UW Medicine | August 26, 2020 Scientists have demonstrated a new way to precisely target cells by distinguishing them from neighboring…emcguinnAugust 26, 2020 Read More
Local News New Insights into Drug Resistance in Small Cell Lung Cancer Fred Hutch | August 26, 2020 Last week the National Cancer Institute released some good news for patients with lung cancer: improved…emcguinnAugust 26, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Gene Editing and Elimination of Latent Herpes Simplex Virus In Vivo Aubert, M., et al. | August 25, 2020 We evaluate gene editing of HSV in a well-established mouse model, using adeno-associated virus (AAV)-delivered…emcguinnAugust 25, 2020 Read More
Local News ISB Researchers Show Genetic Risk for Disease Often Reflected in Our Blood Institute for Systems Biology | August 25, 2020 Humans do not develop disease overnight. Rather, diseases develop gradually over years — sometimes decades…emcguinnAugust 25, 2020 Read More
Local News A New Map Catalogs the Effects of Coronavirus Mutations Howard Hughes Medical Institute | August 24, 2020 HHMI scientists are joining many of their colleagues worldwide in working to combat the new…emcguinnAugust 24, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Functional SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immune Memory Persists after Mild COVID-19 Rodda, L., et al. | August 24, 2020 The recently emerged SARS-CoV-2 virus is currently causing a global pandemic and cases continue to…emcguinnAugust 24, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Developmental Changes in the Accessible Chromatin, Transcriptome and Ascl1-Binding Correlate with the Loss in Müller Glial Regenerative Potential VandenBosch, L., et al. | August 21, 2020 We compared the epigenetic profile of glial cells with retinal progenitors, cells from newborn mice…emcguinnAugust 21, 2020 Read More
Local News Chinook Therapeutics Raises $106M as it Prepares to Merge with Aduro Biotech Chinook Therapeutics via GeekWire | August 21, 2020 Chinook Therapeutics, a biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised an additional $106…emcguinnAugust 21, 2020 Read More