Local News Improved Method for Converting Stem Cells Into Pancreatic Islet Progenitor CellsInstitute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | October 3, 2019Type 1 diabetes is a disease that occurs when the immune system attacks and kills…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News Age-Old Arms Race Points Way to New-and-Improved Antiviral ProteinFred Hutch | October 3, 2019Our evolutionary history is not merely a record of where our species has been. It…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News Potent Antibody Curbs Nipah and Hendra Virus AttackUW Medicine | October 3, 2019A new monoclonal antibody has been shown to impede the fusion machinery henipaviruses use to…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News Fred Hutch Spinout SEngine Raises $5.1M to Test Cancer Treatment Drugs against a Patient’s TumorsGeekWire | October 3, 2019Seattle startup SEngine Precision Medicine has raised $5.1 million in fresh funding as it looks to commercialize…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News Beyond CRISPR: What’s Current and Upcoming in Genome EditingScience | October 2, 2019Genome editing means CRISPR to most people. Yet methods using zinc-finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More
Local News NIH to Fund Hubs to Accelerate Development of Biomedical Health TechnologiesNational Institutes of Health | October 2, 2019The National Institutes of Health has awarded $20 million to fund five additional hubs designed…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More
Local News Three Collaborative Studies Launch on ‘OpenScope,’ a Shared Observatory for NeuroscienceAllen Institute for Brain Science | October 2, 2019OpenScope is now open for round two. The Allen Institute’s “shared observatory” for neuroscience has…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More
Local News Stem Cell Startup Silene Biotech Acquired by NanoSurface Biomedical in All-Seattle DealGeekWire | October 1, 2019NanoSurface Biomedical has snapped up Silene Biotech in a union of two Seattle startups that bets on the…sciencecityOctober 1, 2019 Read More
Local News Failed Alzheimer’s Drug Boosts CAR T-Cell TherapyFred Hutch | October 1, 2019They may not have made a dent against Alzheimer’s. But it turns out experimental drugs…sciencecityOctober 1, 2019 Read More
Local News Adaptive and Illumina to Make Immune Sequencing Kits for Labs, Streamlining the Detection of DiseaseGeekWire | September 30, 2019Adaptive Biotechnologies signed a deal with Illumina, the largest genetic sequencing firm in the U.S.,…sciencecitySeptember 30, 2019 Read More