09/27/2017
These computer-designed proteins, which did not previously exist in nature, combine the stability and bioavailability of small molecule drugs with the specificity and potency of larger biologics. ...
10/26/2017
The Kidney Research Institute, a collaboration of UW Medicine and Northwest Kidney Centers in Seattle, has a major role in an ambitious, newly funded effort to care more precisely for the tens of...
10/17/2017
Mars Inc. and its collaborators have launched a crowdsourcing approach to discover new ways to attack and neutralize a foodbourne danger.
A series of aflatoxin puzzles have gone online on Foldit, a...
12/06/2017
Jeffrey and Susan Brotman and Pam and Dan Baty have made a $50 million gift to create the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine that combines the research strengths and capabilities of UW...
12/13/2017
Protein assemblies, designed and built from scratch to carry molecular cargo, are advancing both synthetic life research and engineering efforts for targeted drug delivery.
Scientists have succeeded...
03/01/2018
In the living world, transmembrane proteins are found embedded in the membrane of all cells and cellular organelles. They are essential for them to function normally. For example, many naturally...
03/29/2018
Genetic sequencing of tumor DNA may be simpler and better than the multiple tests now used to check for Lynch syndrome in colorectal cancer patients.
An up-front tumor sequencing test also could...
10/29/2018
For the first time scientists have successfully designed non-local beta-sheet proteins from scratch. These structures will be essential for creating artificial antibodies and active sites for enzymes...
12/05/2018
Advances in rapid screening of leukemia cells for drug susceptibility and resistance are bringing scientists closer to patient-tailored treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Research on the...
01/08/2019
Angie Karalis Johnson has a dream that a cure for the progressive eye disease known as age-related macular degeneration will one day happen because of research advances at UW Medicine. To help...