Local News Antibiotics for Appendicitis: Study Findings Finalized UW Medicine | October 27, 2021 Antibiotics are now an accepted first-line treatment for most people with appendicitis, according to final…dcorriganOctober 27, 2021 Read More
Awards Azadeh Yazdan Receives $3.2M Grant to Investigate Ways Neurotechnology Could Induce Targeted Changes in the Brain, Leading to Better Treatments for Stroke UW Electrical & Computer Engineering | October 26, 2021 Stroke is a killer, and for those who survive, it can have a devastating impact.…dcorriganOctober 26, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Laminar Distribution and Arbor Density of Two Functional Classes of Thalamic Inputs to Primary Visual Cortex Zhuang, J., et al. | October 26, 2021 By combining physiological and anatomical techniques, the authors traced and reconstructed complete axon arbors and…dcorriganOctober 26, 2021 Read More
Local News Nudging Cells to Repair Damaged Retinas UW Medicine | October 25, 2021 In an approach could someday be used to help repair the retinas in patients who…dcorriganOctober 25, 2021 Read More
Local News NIH Supports Studies on Senescent Cells UW Medicine | October 25, 2021 Efforts to understand aging cells in human tissues have received increased support from the National…dcorriganOctober 25, 2021 Read More
Awards Scientific American Honors Cancer Researcher Colin Pritchard UW Medicine | October 22, 2021 UW Medicine’s Dr. Colin Pritchard, a leader in molecular diagnostics for cancer, has received the…dcorriganOctober 22, 2021 Read More
Local News Seal Rock Therapeutics Announces Completion of Single Ascending Dose Cohort in Phase I Clinical Trial of ASK1 Inhibitor SRT-015 for NASH Seal Rock Therapeutics | October 21, 2021 Seal Rock Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a platform of first-in-class and best-in-class therapeutic…dcorriganOctober 21, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week An Endogenous Opioid Circuit Determines State-Dependent Reward Consumption Castro, D. C., et al. | October 21, 2021 The authors pin down a major biological mechanism through which opioids act to potentiate motivated…dcorriganOctober 21, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Precise Genomic Deletions Using Paired Prime Editing Junhong, C., et al. | October 20, 2021 Recently, “prime editing”, a new method that builds on CRISPR, improved the precision of genome…dcorriganOctober 20, 2021 Read More
Local News Cell Therapy Startup Immusoft Lands Deal with Takeda Worth Potentially More than $900M GeekWire | October 20, 2021 Seattle-based cell therapy startup Immusoft will collaborate with pharma giant Takeda to develop treatments targeted…dcorriganOctober 20, 2021 Read More