Local News Anti-Aging Drug Holds Promise for Age-Related Oral Diseases UW School of Dentistry | January 17, 2020 A team led by two UW researchers has found that a transplant drug with anti-aging…sciencecityJanuary 17, 2020 Read More
Local News Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH, Begins Term as 2020 ASH President American Society of Hematology | January 16, 2020 Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH, a highly regarded expert in graft-versus-host disease as well as blood…sciencecityJanuary 16, 2020 Read More
Local News Life Science Washington Welcomes New Board Chair, Executive Committee Members, and Directors Life Science Washington | January 15, 2020 Life Science Washington, the state’s life science trade association, announced the addition of three new…sciencecityJanuary 15, 2020 Read More
Interesting Articles FDA and NIH Let Clinical Trial Sponsors Keep Results Secret and Break the Law ScienceInsider | January 15, 2020 For 20 years, the U.S. government has urged companies, universities, and other institutions that conduct…sciencecityJanuary 15, 2020 Read More
Local News Tip Sheet: Mesh Loaded With T Cells Shrinks Tumors; Second Dose of CAR-T Cells Shows Potential; and Gene-Edited Cells Stay Safe as Immunotherapy Attacks Cancer Fred Hutch | January 14, 2020 Below are summaries of recentFred Hutch research findings with links for additional background and media…sciencecityJanuary 14, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Clonal Kinetics and Single-Cell Transcriptional Profiling of CAR-T Cells in Patients Undergoing CD19 CAR-T Immunotherapy Sheih, A., et al. | January 14, 2020 Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has produced remarkable anti-tumor responses in patients with B-cell…sciencecityJanuary 14, 2020 Read More
Local News Technique Shows How Individual Cancer Cells React to Drugs UW Medicine via Medical Xpress | January 13, 2020 A new technique reported in Science this week overcomes several limitations of typical high-throughput chemical screens conducted…sciencecityJanuary 13, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Cross-Reactivity with Self-Antigen Tunes the Functional Potential of Naive B Cells Specific for Foreign Antigens Steach, H.R., et al. | January 13, 2020 Upon Ag exposure, naive B cells expressing BCR able to bind Ag can undergo robust…sciencecityJanuary 13, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UWMDI Investigators, Drs. Jay Heinecke and Karin Bornfeldt Receive Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for Their MPI R01 Project UW Medicine Diabetes Institute | January 13, 2020 Dr. Jay Heinecke, Professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition), and Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, Professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology…sciencecityJanuary 13, 2020 Read More
Local News Testing a Grow-the-Forest Approach to Help Skin Conditions UW Medicine | January 10, 2020 Know someone with a bad case of acne? Someday, perhaps, physicians will treat it with…sciencecityJanuary 10, 2020 Read More