Gene therapy may aid failing hearts
March 26, 2013 | Categories: Research |March 26, 2013 The potential of gene therapy to boost heart muscle function was explored in a recent University of Washington animal study. The findings suggest that it might be […] Read More
UW researchers split hairs
February 27, 2013 | Categories: Research |The ability to hear and balance is in the roots. Both depend on hair cells, small sensory cells in the inner ear. Damage of hair cells leads to the loss […] Read More
Give your heart a break
December 3, 2012 | Categories: Research |UW geneticists have recently come across a discovery that can possibly help alleviate the high prevalence of heart disease, which could have profound implications in the field of medicine. Researchers, […] Read More
Mutations in genes that modify DNA packaging result in form of muscular dystrophy
November 19, 2012 | Categories: Research |November 19, 2012 A recent finding by medical geneticists sheds new light on how facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy develops and how it might be treated. More commonly known as FSHD, the […] Read More
Charles Sabine On Genetic Testing
November 8, 2012 | Categories: Research |Charles Sabine was a war correspondent with NBC for 25 years, covering conflicts all over the world — including Bosnia, Baghdad, and the Rwanda genocide. His reporting garnered him an […] Read More
UW researchers see work as step toward regenerating human heart
August 7, 2012 | Categories: Research |Two University of Washington scientists, using expertise in stem cells, cardiology, pathology, cell biology and the electrophysiology of the heart, are a step closer to their holy grail: regenerating a […] Read More
Embryonic stem cells shift metabolism in a cancer-like way upon implanting in the uterus
March 23, 2012 | Categories: Research |March 23, 2012 Shortly after a mouse embryo starts to form, some of its stem cells undergo a dramatic metabolic shift to enter the next stage of development, Seattle researchers […] Read More
ISCRM Researchers Receive $4 Million LSDF Grant for Diabetes Stem Cell Research
September 1, 2011 | Categories: Announcements |ISCRM researchers are to receive $4 million in funding from the Washington State Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) to launch a new program for cell-based diabetes therapy. The program will […] Read More
ISCRM's Deok-Ho Kim receives Perkins Coie Award for Discovery
June 24, 2011 | Categories: Announcements |Deok-Ho Kim, UW assistant professor of bioengineering and a regenerative medicine researcher, has received the 2011 Perkins Coie Award for Discovery. Read the full story at UW Medicine Online News. Read More