Local News Athira Pharma Raises $204M in IPO, Reaching ‘Big Milestone’ in Fight against Alzheimer’s and Other DiseasesGeekWire | September 22, 2020More than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and the number is projected to rise to nearly…emcguinnSeptember 22, 2020 Read More
Local News Taking on Multiple SclerosisBenaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | September 22, 2020Multiple sclerosis (MS) is extremely difficult to study because the structure the immune system attacks…emcguinnSeptember 22, 2020 Read More
Local News Using 3D Model to Study Effect of Curvature on Endothelial CellsInstitute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | September 18, 2020Picture the route a car might take through a city. To reach the other side…eabramovichSeptember 18, 2020 Read More
Local News New Test Better Predicts Which Babies Will Develop Type 1 DiabetesPacific Northwest Research Institute | September 18, 2020A new approach to predicting which babies will develop type 1 diabetes (T1D) — which…eabramovichSeptember 18, 2020 Read More
Local News How COVID-19 Has Opened ScienceFred Hutch | September 18, 2020Six months after COVID-19 shut down world economies, closed borders and unleashed sickness and death…eabramovichSeptember 18, 2020 Read More
Local News Stalled Science, Missed Mates and Virtual EverythingFred Hutch | September 17, 2020When graduate student Kate Dusenbury Crawford returned to the lab from her honeymoon on Jan.…eabramovichSeptember 17, 2020 Read More
Local News Merck and Seattle Genetics Ink Two New Strategic Cancer CollaborationsSeattle Genetics via BioSpace | September 16, 2020Merck is making a major investment into Bothwell, Washington-based Seattle Genetics with two strategic oncology deals. Seattle…emcguinnSeptember 16, 2020 Read More
Local News How Lexi Walls’ Graduate School Research Put Us Ahead in the Fight Against COVID-19UW | September 16, 2020o read Lexi Walls’ dissertation now is an eerie exercise in watching someone predict the…emcguinnSeptember 16, 2020 Read More
Local News Designed Antiviral Proteins Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in the LabUW Medicine | September 15, 2020Computer-designed small proteins have now been shown to protect lab-grown human cells from SARS-CoV-2, the…emcguinnSeptember 15, 2020 Read More
Local News Brain Can Induce Diabetes Remission in Rodents, but How?UW Medicine | September 14, 2020In rodents with type 2 diabetes, a single surgical injection of a protein called fibroblast…emcguinnSeptember 14, 2020 Read More