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's Director, Randy Moon, featured in The Scientist
November 1, 2010 | Categories: Research |Randall Moon has looked to tadpoles and stem cells for clues about embryonic development and cell fate. Now he has his eye on turning biology into therapy. It was one of those […] Read More
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily lifts stem cell ban
September 9, 2010 | Categories: Research |In the Puget Sound Business Journal’s Sept. 6 print edition, I wrote about how the University of Washington is grappling with a recent court ruling that halted federal funding for […] Read More
University of Washington stem cell research in limbo
September 5, 2010 | Categories: Research |The University of Washington could be hit hard by a recent court ruling that halted federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. UW scientists stand to lose at least […] Read More