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Gene replacement therapy that works in dogs to be tested in children
May 18, 2017 | Categories: Research |SEATTLE – KIRO 7 has learned of a revolutionary treatment, here in Seattle, that has saved the lives of dogs and is just months away from being tested in children. In video obtained by KIRO 7, dogs that were destined to die show no signs of the disease after a single infusion of gene-replacement therapy. The […] Read More
New Leadership Announced at ISCRM
May 1, 2017 | Categories: Announcements |We have announced the appointment of Professor Charles (Chuck) Murry as the new Director of ISCRM. Murry is the successor to ISCRM’s Founding Director and eminent pharmacologist, Professor Randall T. Moon. Dr. Murry is the Woods Professor of Pathology, Bioengineering and Medicine/Cardiology at the University of Washington and Co-Director for the UW Center for Cardiovascular […] Read More
Pioneering work on stem-cell therapies at UW deserves state support
April 9, 2017 | Categories: Research |IF you have a heart attack, hopefully you’ll survive. But your body will be forever changed. The world’s best doctors can’t undo the damage; instead, drugs and devices will help you live with a heart whose function too often dwindles. The body cannot replace muscle cells that die in heart attacks — maladies that help […] Read More
New portal vividly reveals the diversity of cell structures
April 5, 2017 | Categories: Announcements |Textbook diagrams of cells show a cursory membrane, nucleus and mitochondria. They have never adequately conveyed cells’ variation and complexity. Seattle’s Allen Institute for Cell Science has unveiled an online portal with stunning images of living cells, and developed 10 stem-cell lines, genetically tagged with fluorescent dyes that cause different structures to glow. The cells are helping researchers […] Read More
Seattle 7th grader paving way for more girls to succeed in math and science
March 29, 2017 | Categories: Announcements |A middle school student in Seattle is trying to pave the way for more girls to succeed in math and science. Elena Weitz, 12, is a 7th grader at Seattle Country Day School. She said her goal is to start a nonprofit to get more girls into STEM. “My favorite subject is science. I just […] Read More
Gene therapy treats muscle-wasting disease in dogs
February 15, 2017 | Categories: Research |Work on gene therapy is showing significant progress for restoring muscle strength and prolonging lives in dogs with a previously incurable, inherited neuromuscular disease. UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine scientists are leading the multi-institutional research effort. The disease arises from a mutation in genes that normally make a protein, called myotubularin, […] Read More
UW team brings science to life for Mill Creek Middle School students
December 29, 2016 | Categories: Announcements |Science is golden at one Kent middle school, where top researchers and physicians occasionally visit to present an intriguing episode of show and tell. The University of Washington Science and Medicine Day returned Dec. 15 to Mill Creek Middle School, giving seventh- and eighth-graders a closer look at a fascinating and evolving field – stem […] Read More
UW, family rewriting neuromuscular research
November 23, 2016 | Categories: Announcements |Physicians and researchers at the UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine have partnered up with a nonprofit foundation in one of the leading efforts to find a cure or treatment for a rare neuromuscular disease called myotubular myopathy (MTM). The inherited disease is almost exclusively found in males and becomes evident at birth. […] Read More
Kelly Stevens Receives NIH Director's New Innovator Award
October 5, 2016 | Categories: Announcements |ISCRM’s Dr. Kelly Stevens, an assistant professor in UW Bioengineering and in Pathology, has received a 2016 National institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award in support of her work to build artificial human tissues from stem cells, and to remotely control these tissues after implantation in a patient. The New Innovator Award, part […] Read More
Congratulations 2016 Tietze Research Award Recipients
October 3, 2016 | Categories: Announcements |The Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM) is pleased to announce the Summer 2016 winners of the Tietze Research Awards in Stem Cell Research, funded through a generous multi-year commitment by the John H. Tietze Foundation. Funding for research during these times is especially competitive. The Tietze Awards are timely and generous responses to a […] Read More
