ISCRM Showcased at Special UW Medicine Event
May 22, 2014 | Categories: Announcements |On May 21st, ISCRM was featured at the Dean’s Circle Celebration event with a brief 8-minute video telling the story of ISCRM and sharing some of the cutting edge science and […] Read More
ISCRM Faculty Member Featured on UWTV
| Categories: Announcements |Dr. Phil Horner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at the UW, is working on a unique approach to restoring limb function after chronic spinal cord injury. Dr. Horner and […] Read More
Scientists regenerate heart muscle in primates
April 30, 2014 | Categories: Research |Findings bring stem cell therapy for damaged hearts closer to clinical trials In a major advance, researchers at the University of Washington have successfully restored damaged heart muscle of monkeys […] Read More
ISCRM Faculty Member, Dr. Phil Horner, Featured on UW|360
April 24, 2014 | Categories: Research |Phil Horner, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at the UW, is working on a unique approach to restoring limb function after chronic spinal cord injury. Dr. Horner and his […] Read More
TEDx Talk: Transforming the approach to cancer
March 27, 2014 | Categories: Announcements |Dr. Tony Blau, ISCRM’s Co-Director, recently presented a talk at TEDxTacoma focused on his Center for Cancer Innovation. A transcript of the video can be found here. Read More
Proteins that control energy use necessary to form stem cells
March 21, 2014 | Categories: Research |Findings advance efforts to reprogram mature cells for organ repair Two proteins that control how cells break down glucose play a key role in forming human stem cells, University of […] Read More
New cell line should accelerate embryonic stem cell research
March 10, 2014 | Categories: Research |These cells appear at the earliest stages of an embryo and can form all human cell types University of Washington researchers have created a line of human embryonic stem cells […] Read More
Study’s ‘panomic’ approach to advanced breast cancer
March 3, 2014 | Categories: Research |Trial enrollees sought; effort involves sharing tumors’ responses to therapy in massive public online database. Ten women with advanced breast cancer will participate in one of the most intensive clinical trials ever […] Read More
UW researchers developing patch for damaged hearts
February 14, 2014 | Categories: Research |Five million Americans are living with heart disease, heart failure and 715,000 will have a heart attack this year. Now researchers at the University of Washington are working on a […] Read More
Differing U.S. standards stymie stem-cell research
February 6, 2014 | Categories: Announcements |NIH, FDA policies appear to make most federally funded embryonic stem cell lines unsuitable for clinical use Since the discovery of human embryonic stem cells, scientists have had high hopes […] Read More