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Study’s ‘panomic’ approach to advanced breast cancer

March 3, 2014 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , , ,

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

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UW researchers developing patch for damaged hearts

February 14, 2014 | Categories: Research | Tagged: ,

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

Erica Jonlin is regulatory manager for several planned gene-transfer and stem-cell clinical trials to be conducted in the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Differing U.S. standards stymie stem-cell research

February 6, 2014 | Categories: Announcements | Tagged: , , ,

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

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Gene therapy leads to robust improvements in animal model of fatal muscle disease

January 22, 2014 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , ,

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

Dr. Charles Murry in his heart muscle cell research lab.

Dr. Chuck Murry elected as American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow

November 26, 2013 | Categories: Announcements | Tagged: ,

Five University of Washington researchers are among 388 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by […] Read More

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Dr. Deok-Ho Kim receives Life Sciences Discovery Fund grant

October 4, 2013 | Categories: Announcements

The Life Sciences Discovery Fund has announced that two UW faculty members, including ISCRM’s Dr. Deok-Ho Kim, have been selected to receive Proof of Concept funding to accelerate the translation of […] Read More

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ISCRM's Dr. Ying Zheng honored by NIH for innovative biomedical research

September 30, 2013 | Categories: Announcements | Tagged: , , , , ,

The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly 80 grants to scientists working in biomedical research as part of this year’s High Risk-High Reward program. Three University of Washington faculty members are […] Read More

Stained bone marrow aspirate from a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Gene for most common childhood cancer identified

September 9, 2013 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , ,

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

Laboratory fruit flies are used for quick screening of candidate drug treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Burnt sugar-derivative reduces muscle wasting in fly and mouse models of muscular dystrophy

August 1, 2013 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , , , ,

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

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Engineered biomaterial could improve success of medical implants

May 14, 2013 | Categories: Research | Tagged:

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

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