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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

AED benefit is clear in athletes with sudden cardiac arrest

picture of an automatic defibrillator device

Survival likelihood almost double when first-responders use portable defibrillator, UW Medicine-led study shows.

September 13, 2018

Fluorescence activating protein made from scratch

First such advance makes possible creation of new beta-barrel proteins to precisely target small molecules.

September 12, 2018

1,000s of breast cancer gene variants engineered, analyzed

Findings on nearly 4,000 BRCA1 mutations will be immediately useful to many patients with previously inconclusive genetic test results.

August 31, 2018

Malaria vaccine work deploys parasite-fighting cells to liver

Prime-and-trap effort harnesses T cells, instead of antibodies, to fend off early-stage malaria infection in mice.

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15 years after the Human Genome Project, very few genes are really known. @UWMedicine genome professor @JShendure tells @TheAtlantic that "something is amiss in the status quo of research allocation.” https://tinyurl.com/ybe2peav

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Use of an #AED almost doubles survival among athletes who have a cardiac arrest during exercise. Study led by @DreznerJon @UWMedicine. http://ow.ly/dapx30lTkQT #suddencardiacarrest

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Video: It's not too early to get your flu shot. The flu is already out there. @harborviewmc infection control director Dr. John Lynch explains why healthy people & parents of babies especially need protection against the flu https://bit.ly/2Nrv3GE

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Our Drs. Nancy Davidson and Beti Thompson addressed disparities in breast cancer care and research in this piece last year, citing some of the stark findings reflected in @statnews & @propublica's new report. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/we-are-failing-black-women-with-breast-cancer/ …

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Blacks are left out of cancer clinical trials at a disproportionate rate, @statnews & @ProPublica report. One reason: cost. A Fred Hutch study found patients in households earning less than $50K were 32% less likely to participate in trials. https://bit.ly/2ODgBrJ

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Congrats to Dr. Krystalyn Hudson @DrSpudly of @BloodworksNW @UWMedicine Laboratory Medicine. who'll be honored later this month as one of @PSBJ 40 under 40 leaders. She studies immune attacks against red blood cells, including maternal-fetal problems, & inspires women in science.

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Virtual reality is helping people overcome phobias, such as fear of heights, Seattle @AP Carla Johnson @CarlaKJohnson reports. VR therapy pioneer @UWMedicine Hunter Hoffman, creator of Spider World, among those interviewed https://bit.ly/2QJ94Jp

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Allen Institute scientists @AllenInstitute use machine learning to train computers to see cell parts that the human eye can't distinguish @naturemethods https://bit.ly/2NoPcNp

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Vox @voxdotcom journalist @juliaoftoronto gets answers to 7 questions about the reportedly falling sperm counts in the West @UWMedicine male infertility expert Dr. Brad Anawalt was among those interviewed https://bit.ly/2Da4KQB

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It's a sad truth: #Kidneytransplant candidates often decline organs that could save their lives -- many from donors who had died of opioid overdose. See @STATnews op-ed from @UWMedicine clinicians. http://ow.ly/2iFR30lS3o2 @nwkidney @UWNephrology

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AED benefit is clear in athletes with sudden cardiac arrest

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