Awards UW Medicine Inventor of the Year: Ruikang WangThe Huddle | November 9, 2023Ruikang “Ricky” Wang, PhD, has always had a passion and desire to apply engineering techniques…sciencecityNovember 9, 2023 Read More
Local News Insulin Resistance Turns Tidy Brain Cells into Slobs — Which Could Be a Link Between Diet and Neurodegenerative DiseasesFred Hutch | November 8, 2023Neurons like it tidy. Brain cells called glia help neurons perform at their best by…sciencecityNovember 8, 2023 Read More
Awards Induction of Long-Term Tolerance to a Specific Antigen Using Anti-CD3 Lipid Nanoparticles Following Gene TherapyUW Department of Bioengineering | November 8, 2023Ayokunle (Ayo) Olanrewaju, assistant professor for UW Bioengineering, has been awarded a Rogel Faculty Support…sciencecityNovember 8, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Induction of Long-Term Tolerance to a Specific Antigen Using Anti-CD3 Lipid Nanoparticles Following Gene TherapyChen, C., et al. | November 8, 2023Development of factor VIII (FVIII) inhibitors is a serious complication in the treatment of hemophilia…sciencecityNovember 8, 2023 Read More
Local News An Interview with Seher AftabInstitute of Translational Health Sciences | November 3, 2022Seher Aftab, manager of the ITHS Gene and Cell Therapy Lab (GCTL), is a leader on…sciencecityNovember 3, 2022 Read More
Local News Seattle Startup Developing Therapies Based on Human Milk to Go Public via SPAC MergerGeekWire | November 3, 2022Seattle startup Intrinsic Medicine plans to go public through a merger with a shell company, Phoenix Biotech Acquisition…sciencecityNovember 3, 2022 Read More
Local News AAK Partners with Arzeda to Transform Oils with EnzymesFood Dive | November 3, 2022Palm oil can be a great ingredient, but also an extremely problematic one. It’s inexpensive…sciencecityNovember 3, 2022 Read More
Local News Wayfinder Biosciences Raises $3.5M to Program RNAWayfinder Biosciences via PR Newswire | November 2, 2022RNA design company Wayfinder Biosciences announced today that it raised a $3.5 million series seed round led…sciencecityNovember 2, 2022 Read More
Local News Science Firsthand: Translating the Promise of Cell Therapy with Bristol Myers SquibbBristol Myers Squibb | April 17, 2024The story of how chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy went from hypothesis to…karnottApril 17, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Molecular Phenotyping of Small Cell Lung Cancer Using Targeted cfDNA Profiling of Transcriptional Regulatory RegionsHiatt, J., et al. | April 17, 2024We report an approach for cancer phenotyping based on targeted sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA)…karnottApril 17, 2024 Read More
Local News Scientists Discover Potential Treatment Approaches for Polycystic Kidney DiseaseNational Institutes of Health | April 17, 2024Researchers have shown that dangerous cysts, which form over time in polycystic kidney disease (PKD),…karnottApril 17, 2024 Read More