Local News Two-Time Cancer Survivor Tom Bumol on Life after Lymphoma Allen Institute for Immunology | March 1, 2019 When Tom Bumol, Ph.D., moved into his new office at the Allen Institute, he gave…sciencecityMarch 1, 2019 Read More
Local News How Scorpion Venom Helps Improve Brain Cancer Surgery in Children by Making Tumors Glow GeekWire | February 28, 2019 Seattle biotech company Blaze Bioscience has raised $5 million in funding as it pursues a pivotal trial…sciencecityFebruary 28, 2019 Read More
Local News What to Do When Antibiotics Fail? One Possible Treatment Comes from Century Ago Global News | February 28, 2019 Bacteria lodged deep in Ella Balasa’s lungs were impervious to most antibiotics. At 26, gasping for…sciencecityFebruary 28, 2019 Read More
Local News IDRI Announces Evolution of Leadership Roles; New Focus on Oncology Infectious Disease Research Institute | February 28, 2019 After 25 years of success in infectious disease research and development, IDRI is poised to…sciencecityFebruary 28, 2019 Read More
Spotlight Dr. Aaron Korkegian Talks Tuberculosis and Drug Discovery Science in Seattle | February 27, 2019 Dr. Aaron Korkegian is a Scientist at the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) in Seattle…sciencecityFebruary 27, 2019 Read More
Local News Hope of a Precision Medicine Approach for GBA-linked Parkinson’s Disease UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center | February 27, 2019 Actor Michael J. Fox has drawn national attention to the tremors and difficulties with balancing…sciencecityFebruary 27, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Factors Associated with Durable EFS in Adult B-Cell ALL Patients Achieving MRD-Negative CR after CD19 CAR-T Cells Hay, K.A., et al. | February 27, 2019 Autologous T cells engineered to express a CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) have produced impressive…sciencecityFebruary 27, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Two Hutch Postdocs Named Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientists Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | February 26, 2019 Two Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center postdoctoral fellows have been named Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey…sciencecityFebruary 26, 2019 Read More
Local News CASSINI Trial Publishes Data on Preventing Blood Clots in Cancer Patients Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | February 26, 2019 The first clinical study investigating the use of the direct oral anticoagulant, rivaroxaban, to prevent blood…sciencecityFebruary 26, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Integrated Functional Genomic Analysis Enables Annotation of Kidney Genome-Wide Association Study Loci Sieber, K.B., et al. | February 25, 2019 The Akilesh laboratory studies genome organization and function in the kidney. The kidney filter (glomerulus)…sciencecityFebruary 25, 2019 Read More