06/08/2017
A collaboration involving UW Medicine researchers reached a major milestone toward helping investigators create drug therapies and vaccines for some of the world’s major infectious diseases.
The...
05/18/2017
Research has identified a new way that viruses keep infected cells alive – so the viruses can use the cells to reproduce. The finding suggests it may be possible to target this process to treat viral...
Two proteins that control how cells break down glucose play a key role in forming human stem cells, University of Washington researchers have found. The finding has implications for future work in...
A route for constructing protein nanomachines engineered for specific applications may be closer to reality.
Biological systems produce an incredible array of self-assembling, functional protein...
Depression and type 2 diabetes were each associated with an increased risk for dementia. The risk was even greater among individuals diagnosed with both depression and diabetes, according to work led...
Western Washington is known for moderate summer temperatures, but two just-published studies make clear the peril of King County's hottest days.
“As climate change increases the intensity and...
As a research nurse at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Rebecca O’Connor observed a troubling phenomenon. Children of East African descent — first or second generation immigrants — were being diagnosed...
High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy and supercomputing have now made it possible to analyze in detail the infection mechanisms of coronaviruses. These viruses are notorious for attacking the...
When Sherronda Jamerson heard about RISE, a research study for people who are at high risk of developing diabetes, she knew she needed to take action.
"Diabetes is nothing to play with. It is...
New research suggests that bariatric surgery (also known as obesity surgery) may be much more effective than an intensive lifestyle/medication intervention at reversing type 2 diabetes in patients...