Local News Dr. Leslie R. Walker-Harding, New Chair of Pediatrics The Huddle | October 15, 2018 UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s announced Oct. 9 that Dr. Leslie R. Walker-Harding has been…sciencecityOctober 15, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Distinct Neuronal Projections from the Hypothalamic Ventromedial Nucleus Mediate Glycemic and Behavioral Effects Faber, C.L., et al. | October 12, 2018 Diabetes is a major public health concern that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and…sciencecityOctober 12, 2018 Read More
Local News Mail-Order Medicine: The Research Behind the Flu Patch The Daily | October 12, 2018 Seattle researchers are addressing government concerns about viral outbreaks in the United States through the…sciencecityOctober 12, 2018 Read More
Local News Major Advance Reported in Understanding Antibiotic Resistance Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | October 12, 2018 Scientists at the University of Montana (UM) and the University of Washington have discovered how pathogenic bacteria…sciencecityOctober 12, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Gallium Disrupts Bacterial Iron Metabolism and Has Therapeutic Effects in Mice and Humans with Lung Infections Goss, C.H., et al. | October 11, 2018 The lack of new antibiotics is among the most critical challenges facing medicine. The problem…sciencecityOctober 11, 2018 Read More
Local News The Gut Microbiome and Brain Health UW Medicine Memory & Brain Wellness Center | October 11, 2018 Bacteroides, Bifidobacteirum, Faecalibacterium, Ruminococcus– these are the names of some of the 100 trillion bacteria who…sciencecityOctober 11, 2018 Read More
Local News Secretive Startup Receptor Life Sciences Raises $7.5M for Therapies Based on ‘Plant Extracts’ Geek Wire | October 11, 2018 Secretive biotechnology company Receptor Life Sciences has raised a funding round totaling just over $7.5 million, according…sciencecityOctober 11, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Blood Researcher Receives NIH New Innovator Award Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine | October 11, 2018 The National Institutes of Health today announced that stem cell biologist Sergei Doulatov, assistant professor…sciencecityOctober 11, 2018 Read More
Local News New Effort Will Analyze Genes of Endangered Northwest Orcas Kiro7 News | October 10, 2018 A new scientific effort will sequence the genomes of critically endangered Pacific Northwest orcas to…sciencecityOctober 10, 2018 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Grad Student Andrea Lim Wins NCI Award to Study Cancer Metastasis Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center | October 10, 2018 Andrea Lim, a fifth-year molecular and cellular biology graduate student at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research…sciencecityOctober 10, 2018 Read More