Local News Fred Appelbaum’s “Living Medicine” Tells the Story of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Don Thomas’s DiscoveriesCancer History Project | July 10, 2023In 1970, in the journal Blood, a second-year medical student named Frederick Appelbaum read a paper…pthomsonJuly 10, 2023 Read More
Local News UW Med Develops New Test to Detect Tumor Cells in BloodThe Daily | July 7, 2023A new blood test with the ability to quantify cancerous tumor cells in the bloodstream…pthomsonJuly 7, 2023 Read More
Local News Just – Evotec Biologics Awarded Second Contract from U.S. Department of Defense Under Accelerated Antibodies ProgramLife Science Washington | July 7, 2023The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Evotec SE’s Seattle-based subsidiary, Just – Evotec Biologics,…pthomsonJuly 7, 2023 Read More
Local News Long COVID Is Not a Single Condition, Study FindsUW Medicine | July 6, 2023Long COVID is not a single condition, and should not be treated as such, according…pthomsonJuly 6, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Engineering Heart MorphogenesisMandrycky, C., et al. | August 3, 2020There is high potential for current technologies to be used to recapitulate heart development in vitro by…emcguinnAugust 3, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Increasing Fatty Acid Oxidation Prevents High Fat Diet Induced Cardiomyopathy through Regulating Parkin Mediated MitophagyShao, D., et al. | July 31, 2020The Tian Laboratory focuses on the roles of cell metabolism and mitochondrial function in the pathogenesis of…emcguinnJuly 31, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week The NK Cell–Cancer Cycle: Advances and New Challenges in NK Cell–Based ImmunotherapiesBald, T., et al. | July 30, 2020Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the innate immune system and contribute to protecting the…emcguinnJuly 30, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Assembly of the Threespine Stickleback Y Chromosome Reveals Convergent Signatures of Sex Chromosome EvolutionPeichel, C., et al. | July 24, 2020Heteromorphic sex chromosomes have evolved repeatedly across diverse species. Suppression of recombination between X and…emcguinnJuly 24, 2020 Read More
Local News How Bacteria Build Communities That Can Impact Your HealthInstitutes for System Biology | February 2, 2023When you think about bacteria, what do you picture? Perhaps you think of a single-celled…sciencecityFebruary 2, 2023 Read More
Local News Genomics Aids Study of Seattle 2017-22 Shigella OutbreakUW Medicine | February 1, 2023A genomic study of a sustained, multidrug-resistant Shigellosis outbreak in Seattle enabled scientists to retrace…sciencecityFebruary 1, 2023 Read More
Local News Risks Associated with Control of Blood Sugar in the ICUUW Medicine | January 31, 2023Efforts by hospital intensive-care unit teams to reduce glucose readings of patients with diabetes might…sciencecityJanuary 31, 2023 Read More
Local News Geneticist and Cell-Cycle Expert Dr. Linda Breeden RetiresFred Hutch | January 30, 2023Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center geneticist Linda Breeden, PhD, recently retired from a career spent untangling the…sciencecityJanuary 30, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Awards for Ambitious New IdeasUW Medicine | July 3, 2019Learn about the newly funded 2019-2020 Alzheimer's Disease Research Center pilot projects. These one-year projects encourage…sciencecityJuly 3, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Interlake High School Senior’s Invention that Identifies Blood Diseases Wins Science Talent Search and $40,000 PrizeKING 5 News | June 20, 2019Interlake High School’s Eshika Saxena recently received 10th place and a $40,000 prize in the…sciencecityJune 20, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UW Researchers Selected to Join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical SciencesThe Pew Charitable Trusts | June 18, 2019The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced 22 early-career researchers who have been selected to join…sciencecityJune 18, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Torok-Storb Receives Minority Faculty Mentoring AwardUW Department of Medicine | June 14, 2019Dr. Beverly Torok-Storb, affiliate professor (Medical Oncology) is this year’s recipient of the 2019 Minority…sciencecityJune 14, 2019 Read More
Local News Researcher Testifies to Congress About Rural Home HealthUW Medicine | September 4, 2023Less than 60% of Medicare beneficiaries in rural communities who have a planned discharge from…sciencecitySeptember 4, 2023 Read More
Local News Don’t Forget the F/U After Your Lung Cancer ScreeningFred Hutch | September 1, 2023Fred Hutch study finds nearly half of people with ‘positive’ lung cancer screening CTs had…sciencecitySeptember 1, 2023 Read More
Local News Comb Jellies Gives Scientists Hints of Our Nervous System’s PastAllen Institute | August 31, 2023Comb jellies, or ctenophores, are unique among animals, having been the first group of animals…sciencecityAugust 31, 2023 Read More