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Yang Lab Co-Leads NIH-Funded Effort to Improve Genetic Testing for HCM

November 4, 2024 | Categories: Research | Tagged: , , ,

An NIH-funded partnership between ISCRM faculty member Dr. Daniel Yang and Dr. Lea Starita in the UW Department of Genome Sciences will use an innovative gene editing technology to sequence large numbers of variants of a mutation associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Read More

Illustration of microscopic muscle fibers and proteins, showing bundled orange filaments with spiral extensions and rows of green and purple molecules, representing molecular processes within muscle tissue.

Why Tiny Changes in Protein Structure Can Lead to Big Problems for the Heart

May 2, 2024 | Categories: Research, Uncategorized | Tagged: , , ,

An NIH-funded collaboration involving ISCRM researchers has published a study describing how complementary areas of expertise produced new insights about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at the protein, cell, and tissue levels. Read More

Fluorescent microscopy image showing elongated muscle fibers with green and red staining, and blue oval nuclei scattered throughout. A white scale bar indicates 50 micrometers at the bottom right.

ISCRM Researchers to Play Pivotal Roles on NIH-Funded Collaboration with Stanford

July 10, 2019 | Categories: Announcements, Award, Core Faculty | Tagged: , , , , , ,

Over the last decade, human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have become powerful tools of discovery for scientists around the world. Read More