Local News AstraZeneca Completes $1.1B Acquisition of UW Biotech Spinout Icosavax GeekWire | February 22, 2024 Biotech giant AstraZeneca has completed its $1.1 billion acquisition of Icosavax, a Seattle-based spinout from…karnottFebruary 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Provides $500,000 in Funding to Kinea Bio Through PPMD Venture Pathways Program to Support Next-Gen Midi-Dystrophin Gene Therapy Development Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy | February 21, 2024 Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular…karnottFebruary 21, 2024 Read More
Local News From Biotech to 3D Printing, Here Are Seven Startups That Recently Spun Out of UW GeekWire | February 21, 2024 The startup spinout machine at the University of Washington keeps on humming. According to CoMotion,…karnottFebruary 21, 2024 Read More
Awards Farid Moussavi-Harami Receives Paul F. Cranefield Award UW Medicine | February 20, 2024 The Society of General Physiologists has selected Dr. Farid Moussavi-Harami, assistant professor (Cardiology) as the…karnottFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Local News Birth Coincides with Rapid Changes in Gene Activities UW Medicine | February 20, 2024 During its gestation, the house mouse starts out as a single fertilized cell and three…karnottFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Circulating Cancer-Specific CD8 T Cell Frequency Is Associated with Response to PD-1 Blockade in Merkel Cell Carcinoma Pulliam, T., et al. | February 20, 2024 Understanding cancer immunobiology has been hampered by difficulty identifying cancer-specific T cells. Merkel cell polyomavirus…karnottFebruary 20, 2024 Read More
Awards $7.3 Million NIH Grant Funds Effort to Advance Kidney Microphysiological Testing Platforms Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | February 19, 2024 Kidney disease researchers at the University of Washington, including ISCRM faculty members Beno Freedman, PhD…karnottFebruary 19, 2024 Read More
Local News From AI to Anti-Venom: Celebrating Our Women in Science The Institute for Protein Design | February 16, 2024 The Institute for Protein Design exists to create scientific breakthroughs and transform them into practical…karnottFebruary 16, 2024 Read More
Awards Boosting the Effectiveness of Car T-cell Therapies Against AML Fred Hutch | February 16, 2024 As a physician-scientist, Erik Kimble, MD, works on understanding how immunotherapy can be trained to…karnottFebruary 16, 2024 Read More
Local News International Women and Girls in Science 2024 AAHI | February 16, 2024 The United Nations General Assembly declared February 11th the day to emphasize that gender equality…karnottFebruary 16, 2024 Read More