A small protein molecule, engineered through computer design, protects against diverse strains of influenza in mice. Its preventive and therapeutic power does not depend on the animals’ own immune...
Depression, anxiety and other mental health concerns take on added dimensions when a woman is expecting a baby or has just had a child. Questions arise about how best to treat these conditions during...
When UW Medicine researcher Kristina Adams Waldorf heard about Zika and the cases of microcephaly just a few weeks ago, she was determined to do something to help the women in Brazil and other...
The World Health Organization said the Zika virus is “spreading explosively” and officially declared it a public health emergency last week. WHO estimated 4 million people could be affected in the...
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...
Few people have made a greater impact doing something "not in the national interest" than pioneering heart-disease researcher Chuck Murry.
Murry saw the path to research during a basic science...
UW undergraduate Randy Lu grasps a pair of tweezers in each hand. His fingers make imperceptible movements as he dissects the tiny abdomen of a fruit fly. The tweezers and Lu’s hands look garishly...
Every year, millions of women undergo an anxiety-fraught breast biopsy, usually obtained on the heels of a breast lump or uncertain mammogram. Their hope and expectation is that the tissue sample...
Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, today, March 21 as part of his cancer moonshot “listening tour.”
During his stop, he’ll meet with Fred Hutch researchers...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden brought his cancer “moonshot” listening tour to Seattle on Monday. He urged the Fred Hutch, UW Medicine, Seattle Children’s, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and other...