04/06/2023
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle have engineered stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias, a complication that has to date thwarted efforts to...
02/08/2023
To improve HIV testing rates in the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire, community health workers need more training and support, researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in...
09/07/2022
A technique that combines nanotechnology with artificial intelligence can diagnose tuberculosis in children in whom the deadly disease might otherwise go undetected, an international team of...
08/29/2022
The rapid antigen tests used by many Americans for at-home and workplace COVID-19 testing accurately detect the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 now common in the United States, a new study has determined...
07/27/2022
A lack of rapid, easy-to-administer tests to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in affected communities has long been impeding efforts to eradicate the disease. TB infects 10 million and kills over 1.5...
04/11/2022
A randomized controlled trial of 2,275 women in Kenya showed that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was highly effective. The current standard for women is a three-dose regimen...
04/06/2022
The University of Washington School of Medicine is expected to receive up to $5.3 million over the next five years to establish a new research center to advance tuberculosis (TB) research. The award...
10/06/2021
To better identify and prevent future pandemics, the University of Washington has become a partner in a five-year global, collaborative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development....
09/08/2021
Unlike healthy livers, those damaged by disorders like cirrhosis have difficulty repairing themselves. The regenerative capacity of healthy livers is why a living-donor surgical transplant of a...
06/21/2021
Regenerative medicine researchers have made progress toward overcoming a seemingly intractable obstacle to stem cell-derived heart cell transplantation for repairing damaged heart muscle. Their...