Featured Awards Three US Biologists Win Spanish Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research Seattle Times | June 8, 2023 U.S. biologists Jeffrey Gordon, Peter Greenberg and Bonnie Bassler won Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award…pthomsonJune 8, 2023 Read More
Local News Achieve Life Sciences Raises $16.5M in Pursuit of Anti-Smoking Drug Life Science Washington | June 8, 2023 Achieve Life Sciences (Achieve), a Bothell-based biotech company, has raised nearly $16.5 million. According to…pthomsonJune 8, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Mitochondrial N-Formyl Methionine Peptides Contribute to Exaggerated Neutrophil Activation in Patients With COVID-19 Kuley, R., et al. | June 7, 2023 Neutrophil dysregulation is well established in COVID-19. However, factors contributing to neutrophil activation in COVID-19…sciencecityJune 7, 2023 Read More
Local News Promising Young Scientist: Emma Wrenn’s ‘Commitment to Discovering and Advancing Truth’ Matched Only by a Desire to Help Cancer Patients Brotman Baty Institute | June 7, 2023 Emma Wrenn’s mother probably was concerned when her daughter, then six-years-old, brought home a spider’s…sciencecityJune 7, 2023 Read More
Local News Neoleukin Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 1 NL-201 Trial Neoleukin Therapeutics | May 7, 2021 Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc., “Neoleukin” (NASDAQ:NLTX), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing sophisticated computational methods to design de novo protein…kchenMay 7, 2021 Read More
Local News Brotman Baty Institute Collaborates with Illumina and GeneDx on Whole-Genome Sequencing Study Brotman Baty Institute | May 5, 2021 BBI is collaborating with Illumina, Inc. and GeneDx, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioReference…kchenMay 5, 2021 Read More
Local News How One SARS-CoV-2 Protein Keeps Cells from Fighting Back UW Medicine | May 5, 2021 New research has uncovered a way SARS coronaviruses delay an immune defense against them. The…kchenMay 5, 2021 Read More
Local News BBI Faculty Conversations: Dr. Alice Berger | May 4, 2021 Today’s installment is with BBI member Dr. Alice Berger, an assistant professor in the Human Biology…kchenMay 4, 2021 Read More
Local News 2 Halfs, 2 Coasts, 2 Days: Gretchen Schoenstein Takes on Challenge for BRI and Everyone with Autoimmune Diseases Benaroya Research Institute | March 15, 2024 Longtime BRI supporter Gretchen Schoenstein is taking on a bold new challenge: 2 half-marathons, in…karnottMarch 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Clinical Study of a Blood Test Shows 83% Accuracy for Detecting Colorectal Cancer Fred Hutch | March 15, 2024 A blood test intended for screening for colorectal cancer in people who are of average…karnottMarch 15, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Dual Receptor-Sites Reveal the Structural Basis for Hyperactivation of Sodium Channels by Poison-Dart Toxin Batrachotoxin Tonggu, L., et al. | March 15, 2024 The poison dart toxin batrachotoxin is exceptional for its high potency and toxicity, and for…karnottMarch 15, 2024 Read More