Local News Umoja Biopharma Wins FDA IND Clearance for First CD22-Directed In Vivo CAR T Therapy BioPharm | July 24, 2026 Umoja Biopharma announced that the FDA has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for…karnottJuly 24, 2026 Read More
Local News FDA Approves New Breast Cancer Drug Based on VIKTORIA-1 Study Results Fred Hutch | July 24, 2026 Watch out, metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer. There’s a new targeted agent in town. On Tuesday,…karnottJuly 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Dr. Kate Markey Named Next Innovators Network Endowed Chair Fred Hutch | July 23, 2026 Kate Markey, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, an assistant professor at Fred Hutch Cancer Center and UW…karnottJuly 23, 2026 Read More
Local News Seattle Ranks No. 3 Among Fierce Biotech’s 2026 Top Emerging Biotech Hubs Life Science Washington | July 23, 2026 Last week, Fierce Biotech released its annual list of the top emerging biotech hubs in…karnottJuly 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Microtubules Regulate Tissue-Level Navigation in Skin-Resident Macrophages Peterman, E., et al. | October 21, 2025 Specialised macrophages called Langerhans cells respond rapidly to skin damage, migrating to wounds to promote…karnottOctober 21, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Sex and Smoking Bias in the Selection of Somatic Mutations in Human Bladder Calvet, F., et al. | October 20, 2025 Men are at higher risk of several cancer types than women1. For bladder cancer the…karnottOctober 20, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Boolean Logic-Gated Protein Presentation Through Autonomously Compiled Molecular Topology Gharios, R., et al. | October 16, 2025 Stimulus-responsive materials have enabled advanced applications in biosensing, tissue engineering and therapeutic delivery. Although controlled…karnottOctober 16, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Inhibition of Hedgehog Signaling Does Not Mitigate Polycystic Kidney Disease Severity in a Pkd1 Mutant Mouse Model Gombart, S., et al. | October 14, 2025 Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a monogenic disorder caused by mutations in PKD1…karnottOctober 14, 2025 Read More
Local News Friendship Forged in Community Leads to Collaborative Cancer Research UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine | June 16, 2026 Exactly 20 years ago, on a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, a group of undergraduate…karnottJune 16, 2026 Read More
Local News Nature Publishes Commentary by Sudarshan Pinglay: ‘Why a Synthetic Human Genome is Still Worth Building’ Brotman Baty Institute | June 12, 2026 Ten years ago, when I was a first-year graduate student, my PhD adviser smuggled me…karnottJune 12, 2026 Read More
Local News Experts Convene to Advance Brain Aging Research Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute | June 11, 2026 For more than 30 years, the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) Study has brought together…karnottJune 11, 2026 Read More
Local News From Solo Notes to a Full Symphony: Revealing Hidden Genetic Causes of Disease Pacific Northwest Research Institute | June 11, 2026 Imagine trying to understand a complex piece of music by listening to just one instrument…karnottJune 11, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles A Day in the (Neuroscience) Life: Tissue Processing Allen Institute | March 16, 2022 For Brain Awareness Week 2022, we dropped in on five Allen Institute teams working to…dcorriganMarch 16, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles House Passes Sweeping US Innovation Bill, Teeing Up Talks with Senate ScienceInsider | February 9, 2022 Remember when your mother said you might choke if you crammed too much food into…dcorriganFebruary 9, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles New Commentary Offers Reforms to Regulations That Hindered Seattle Flu Study Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Brotman Baty | January 18, 2022 As the two-year anniversary of the pandemic approaches, a new commentary provides insights into reforming the “labyrinth…dcorriganJanuary 18, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles White House Calls for Consistent Rules for Disclosing Foreign Research Funding ScienceInsider | January 17, 2022 President Joe Biden’s administration last week ordered federal agencies to draft uniform policies describing the…dcorriganJanuary 17, 2022 Read More
Awards Jason Dominitz Elected President of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy UW Medicine | May 19, 2026 Dr. Jason Dominitz, professor (Gastroenterology) has been elected president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal…karnottMay 19, 2026 Read More
Awards Fred Hutch Researchers Receive Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Awards Fred Hutch | May 19, 2026 Two researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center recently received Young Investigator Awards from the Prostate…karnottMay 19, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Toshio Tsukiyama Receives the Inaugural David and Deborah Lycette Endowed Chair for Cancer Research Fred Hutch | May 18, 2026 Toshio “Toshi” Tsukiyama, PhD, DVM, professor and associate director of the Basic Sciences Division at…karnottMay 18, 2026 Read More
Awards Recognizing BRI Researchers, Sheenam Verma and Sarah Kobernat, for Recent Fellowship Awards Benaroya Research Institute | May 14, 2026 Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) postdoctoral researchers, Sheenam Verma, PhD, and Sarah Kobernat, PhD, were recently…karnottMay 14, 2026 Read More
Local News Nextstrain Virus-Tracking Platform Moves Into New Phase Fred Hutch | August 4, 2026 A $1.5 million award from the Gates Foundation will support the next phase of Nextstrain,…karnottAugust 4, 2026 Read More
Local News “The Science of Working Together” Featuring Dr. Chantelle Leveille and Peyton Lee Lab Coats & Life | August 4, 2026 In this episode, Dr. Nicole Quinn speaks with scientist Dr. Chantelle Leveille and software engineer…karnottAugust 4, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Capturing the Dynamics of STAT6 Macrophage Polarization Using Bioluminescence Temporal Signatures Zheng, S., et al. | August 3, 2026 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) signaling is activated by interleukin 4 (IL-4)…karnottAugust 3, 2026 Read More