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
Gene therapy leads to robust improvements in animal model of fatal muscle disease
January 22, 2014 | Categories: Research |January 22, 2014 Preclinical studies show that gene therapy can improve muscle strength in small- and large-animal models of a fatal congenital childhood disease know as X-linked myotubular myopathy. The […] Read More
Gene for most common childhood cancer identified
September 9, 2013 | Categories: Research |September 9, 2013 An aberrant gene has been found to cause the most common childhood cancer in the world, pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The gene, PAX5, has long been […] Read More
Burnt sugar-derivative reduces muscle wasting in fly and mouse models of muscular dystrophy
August 1, 2013 | Categories: Research |A trace substance in caramelized sugar, when purified and given in appropriate doses, improves muscle regeneration in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The findings are published Thursday (Aug. […] Read More
Engineered biomaterial could improve success of medical implants
May 14, 2013 | Categories: Research |It’s a familiar scenario – a patient receives a medical implant and days later, the body attacks the artificial valve or device, causing complications to an already compromised system. Expensive, […] Read More
Brain cell signal network genes linked to schizophrenia risk in families
April 3, 2013 | Categories: Research |May 14, 2013 New genetic factors that predispose to schizophrenia have been uncovered in five families with several affected relatives. The psychiatric disorder can disrupt thinking, feeling, and acting, and […] Read More
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