Local News New Program to Fast-Track Lung Cancer Research from Lab to Clinic Fred Hutch | August 9, 2019 Lung cancer is far and away the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. In the…sciencecityAugust 9, 2019 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Eight Promising Projects Win Evergreen Fund Grants to Promote Commercialization of Research Fred Hutch | August 8, 2019 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has awarded eight grants totaling $1 million to a dozen…sciencecityAugust 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Researchers Create New Tool to Explore Color Vision UW Medicine | August 8, 2019 The retina, much like space, is an area of great mystery. Vision problems start at…sciencecityAugust 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Scientists Manipulate Brain Cells Using a Smartphone UW Medicine | August 8, 2019 A team of scientists in Korea and the United States have invented a device that…sciencecityAugust 8, 2019 Read More
Local News New Chair of the UW Department of Medicine UW Medicine | August 7, 2019 Dr. Barbara Jung will be the new chair of the Department of Medicine on September…sciencecityAugust 7, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Epitope Targeting with Self-Assembled Peptide Vaccines Zeigler, D.F., et al. | August 7, 2019 Nanoparticle-based delivery systems are being used to simplify and accelerate new vaccine development. Previously, we…sciencecityAugust 7, 2019 Read More
Local News Cancer-Fighting Startup Neoleukin Merging with Aquinox in $40M Deal, 8 Months After UW Spinout GeekWire | August 7, 2019 Vancouver, B.C.-based Aquinox Pharmaceuticals is set to buy Neoleukin Therapeutics, a Seattle startup that launched out of the…sciencecityAugust 7, 2019 Read More
Local News Cell Combo Might Unlock a Heart Repair Strategy UW Medicine | August 6, 2019 A combination of two different kinds of heart cells, derived from stem cells, might be…sciencecityAugust 6, 2019 Read More
Local News Virtual Reality Is Helping Neuroscientists Better Understand the Brain Allen Institute for Brain Science | August 5, 2019 When Elise Shen goes to work, her morning starts much like that of anyone else…sciencecityAugust 5, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week High Prevalence and Disease Correlation of Autoantibodies against p40 Encoded by Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements (LINE-1) in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Carter, V., et al. | August 5, 2019 This paper describes evidence that a retroelement in our genome, called LINE-1, is active in…sciencecityAugust 5, 2019 Read More