Local News Growing Fish in a Dish UW Medicine | August 20, 2019 When you think of muscle-disease research, you might not expect that same technology to be…sciencecityAugust 20, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Leukemia Researcher Dr. Jerry Radich Receives Kurt Enslein Endowed Chair Fred Hutch | August 20, 2019 Dr. Jerry Radich, a pioneering leukemia researcher and expert in molecular genetics, is the inaugural…sciencecityAugust 20, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Detection and Activation of HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Precursor B Cells Using Anti-Idiotypes Bancroft, T., et al. | August 19, 2019 The authors merged an old technology, anti-idiotypes, showing that it could be paired with newer…sciencecityAugust 19, 2019 Read More
Local News Mechanism of Electrical Signaling in Cells Revealed UW Medicine | August 19, 2019 Researchers have now obtained the long-sought after, resting-state structure of a voltage-gated sodium channel. These…sciencecityAugust 19, 2019 Read More
Local News Study Finds Lack of Racial Diversity in Cancer Drug Clinical Trials UBC News | August 19, 2019 New research published this week in JAMA Oncology has found a lack of racial and ethnic diversity…sciencecityAugust 19, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Epicardial Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Augment Cardiomyocyte-Driven Heart Regeneration Bargehr, J., et al. | August 16, 2019 The authors previously showed that transplanting human heart muscle cells into myocardial infarcts resulted in…sciencecityAugust 16, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Why Human Germline Editing Might Never Be Legal in the U.S. The Hastings Center | August 16, 2019 A Russian scientist recently announced his intention to use the gene-editing tool CRISPR to edit and implant…sciencecityAugust 16, 2019 Read More
Local News ‘Community Coming Together’: Obliteride Raises More Than $2.5M for Cancer Research Fred Hutch | August 15, 2019 An early-morning downpour soaked spandex but did not dampen the mood at the finish line…sciencecityAugust 15, 2019 Read More
Local News A New Clue to How Life Originated The Atlantic | August 14, 2019 When Caitlin Cornell looked down her microscope, she saw large bright spots against a black…sciencecityAugust 14, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Therapeutically Relevant Engraftment of a CRISPR-Cas9–Edited HSC-Enriched Population with HbF Reactivation in Nonhuman Primates Humbert, O., et al. | August 14, 2019 The CRISPR/Cas9 technology offers many opportunities to treat genetic and infectious diseases, but safety of…sciencecityAugust 14, 2019 Read More