Local News Improved Method for Converting Stem Cells Into Pancreatic Islet Progenitor Cells Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | October 3, 2019 Type 1 diabetes is a disease that occurs when the immune system attacks and kills…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News Age-Old Arms Race Points Way to New-and-Improved Antiviral Protein Fred Hutch | October 3, 2019 Our evolutionary history is not merely a record of where our species has been. It…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Suppression of Monosodium Urate Crystal-Induced Inflammation by Inhibiting TGF-β-Activated Kinase 1-Dependent Signaling: Role of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System Singh, A.K., et al. | October 3, 2019 Monosodium urate (MSU) crystals activate inflammatory pathways that overlap with interleukin-1β (IL-1β) signaling. However, the…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News Potent Antibody Curbs Nipah and Hendra Virus Attack UW Medicine | October 3, 2019 A new monoclonal antibody has been shown to impede the fusion machinery henipaviruses use to…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News Fred Hutch Spinout SEngine Raises $5.1M to Test Cancer Treatment Drugs against a Patient’s Tumors GeekWire | October 3, 2019 Seattle startup SEngine Precision Medicine has raised $5.1 million in fresh funding as it looks to commercialize…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News Beyond CRISPR: What’s Current and Upcoming in Genome Editing Science | October 2, 2019 Genome editing means CRISPR to most people. Yet methods using zinc-finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More
Local News NIH to Fund Hubs to Accelerate Development of Biomedical Health Technologies National Institutes of Health | October 2, 2019 The National Institutes of Health has awarded $20 million to fund five additional hubs designed…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More
Local News Three Collaborative Studies Launch on ‘OpenScope,’ a Shared Observatory for Neuroscience Allen Institute for Brain Science | October 2, 2019 OpenScope is now open for round two. The Allen Institute’s “shared observatory” for neuroscience has…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More
Local News Stem Cell Startup Silene Biotech Acquired by NanoSurface Biomedical in All-Seattle Deal GeekWire | October 1, 2019 NanoSurface Biomedical has snapped up Silene Biotech in a union of two Seattle startups that bets on the…sciencecityOctober 1, 2019 Read More
Local News Failed Alzheimer’s Drug Boosts CAR T-Cell Therapy Fred Hutch | October 1, 2019 They may not have made a dent against Alzheimer’s. But it turns out experimental drugs…sciencecityOctober 1, 2019 Read More