Local News Could Certain Brain Cells Have a ‘Superpower’ That Shields Them From the Effects of Alzheimer’s? UW Medicine Memory & Brain Wellness Center | March 5, 2025 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most pressing public health challenges. As an aging-related…karnottMarch 5, 2025 Read More
Local News Roche Rolls Out New DNA ‘Sequencing-by-Expansion’ Approach Fierce Biotech | March 4, 2025 Roche has put forward a new approach to genetic analysis, which it describes as sequencing-by-expansion—a…karnottMarch 4, 2025 Read More
Awards Mark Wurfel Receives Scientific Achievement Award UW Medicine | March 4, 2025 Dr. Mark Wurfel, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is the 2025 recipient of…karnottMarch 4, 2025 Read More
Local News Engineering Solutions for Heart Health UW Department of Bioengineering | March 4, 2025 At the UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM), researchers are unraveling the…karnottMarch 4, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week RecV Recombinase System for In Vivo Targeted Optogenomic Modifications of Single Cells or Cell Populations Yao, S., et al. | April 1, 2020 Brain circuits comprise vast numbers of interconnected neurons with diverse molecular, anatomical and physiological properties.…sciencecityApril 1, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Remnants of the Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease Chait, A., et al. | March 26, 2020 Diabetes is now a pandemic disease. Moreover, a large number of people with prediabetes are…sciencecityMarch 26, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Tuft-Cell-Derived Leukotrienes Drive Rapid Anti-Helminth Immunity in the Small Intestine But Are Dispensable for Anti-Protist Immunity McGinty, J.W., et al. | March 23, 2020 How do tuft cells regulate type 2 immune responses? Initial work identified the cytokine IL-25…sciencecityMarch 23, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Tissue-Resident T Cell Derived Cytokines Eliminate Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Infected Cells Roychoudhury, P., et al. | March 19, 2020 The authors have developed a realistic 3D model which captures the mechanisms that allow a…sciencecityMarch 19, 2020 Read More
Local News Islet Antigen Reactive TCR Alpha Chains are Shared Between Blood and Pancreas T Cells Benaroya Research Institute | June 18, 2024 In an article published today in the journal Nature Communications, Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) scientists led…sciencecityJune 18, 2024 Read More
Local News Cyrus Biotech Spins Out Company to Expand Reach of Versatile Drug Development Software GeekWire | June 18, 2024 Seattle startup Cyrus Biotechnology is spinning out a business that will expand access to the company’s software…sciencecityJune 18, 2024 Read More
Local News Before They Bite — UW Researcher Hones In on Which Scents, Colors Make Us a Tempting Target for Hungry Mosquitoes UW News | June 17, 2024 Summer is just around the corner, and with it, more opportunities to have fun and…karnottJune 17, 2024 Read More
Local News UW Genome Sciences Hackathon Leads to New Long-Read Sequencing Technology Brotman Baty Institute | June 14, 2024 “Solving complex problems needs a community,” said the UW’s Andrew Stergachis, M.D., Ph.D., a member…karnottJune 14, 2024 Read More
Awards HHMI Awards 45 Gilliam Fellowships to Support Diversity in Science Howard Hughes Medical Institute | August 17, 2020 Over the last 16 years, a growing community of doctoral students and their advisers has…emcguinnAugust 17, 2020 Read More
Awards Young Innovative Scientists Receive Prestigious Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | August 4, 2020 The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named two outstanding young scientists as recipients of…emcguinnAugust 4, 2020 Read More
Awards Dr. Rob Bradley Named New McIlwain Family Endowed Chair in Data Science Fred Hutch | July 31, 2020 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center computational biologist Dr. Rob Bradley was recently named the new McIlwain Family…emcguinnJuly 31, 2020 Read More
Awards $3.4 Million Grant to Find Safer, More Effective Leukemia Treatments Fred Hutch | July 29, 2020 Acute myeloid leukemia is one of the most common — and aggressive — types of…emcguinnJuly 29, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Longitudinally Stable T Cell Function and Innate Immune Activation Distinguish Healthy Adult Immunotypes Science Translational Medicine | June 9, 2025 Understanding immune system variation between and within individuals may offer insight into healthy aging and…karnottJune 9, 2025 Read More
Awards American Society of Clinical Oncology Honors Fred Hutch and UW Hematology-Oncology Fellows Fred Hutch | June 9, 2025 A project investigating how climate change affects leukemia patients’ susceptibility to a rare fungal disease…karnottJune 9, 2025 Read More
Local News Researchers Offer Guidelines for Variant Effect Predictors Brotman Baty Institute | June 6, 2025 Researchers from BBI, the Atlas of Variant Effects Alliance, the University of Edinburgh, and other…karnottJune 6, 2025 Read More