Local News DNA Testing of Illegal Ivory Seized by Law Enforcement Links Multiple Ivory Shipments to Same DealersUW News | September 27, 2018The international trade in elephant ivory has been illegal since 1989, yet African elephant numbers…sciencecitySeptember 27, 2018 Read More
Local News Pilot Study Identifies Strain of Bacteria as Chief Risk Factor for Stomach CancerFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | September 26, 2018Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found a specific strain of Helicobacter pylori strongly correlated with stomach…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2018 Read More
Local News Squelching Ovarian Cancer: The Not-So-Silent KillerFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | September 26, 2018Despite its long-standing nickname, ovarian cancer isn’t really a silent killer. There are symptoms; it’s just that…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2018 Read More
Local News Study Cracks Open the Secrets of the Cancer-Causing BRCA1 GeneStat News | September 25, 2018Lawsuits didn’t do it, public shaming didn’t do it, patients and doctors banding together to…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2018 Read More
Local News New Diagnostic Test for Leprosy Being DevelopedInfectious Disease Research Institute | September 24, 2018Before an infectious disease can be treated, it must be detected. Key attributes of successful…sciencecitySeptember 24, 2018 Read More
Local News How Chromosomes Find a Happy MediumFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | September 21, 2018Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have worked out the molecular underpinnings of how…sciencecitySeptember 21, 2018 Read More
Local News Fighting for Their Lives: Seattle Children’s Immunotherapy JourneySeattle Children's Hospital | September 21, 2018At Seattle Children’s, many children and young adults with cancer are finding hope in T-cell immunotherapy –…sciencecitySeptember 21, 2018 Read More
Local News Seattle Skyline Turns Blue This Week to Celebrate Allen Institute’s 15th BirthdayGeek Wire | September 20, 2018If you see a lot of blue lights around Seattle landmarks this week, it’s not…sciencecitySeptember 20, 2018 Read More
Local News A Prototype of How to Fight the Next Pandemic: A Vaccine Without the ShotThe Washington Post | September 20, 2018When the next deadly pandemic flu hits, the first challenge will be to develop a vaccine. But…sciencecitySeptember 20, 2018 Read More
Local News Fluorescence Activating Protein Made from Scratch for First TimeUW Medicine | September 20, 2018For the first time, scientists have created, entirely from scratch, a protein capable of binding to…sciencecitySeptember 20, 2018 Read More