High School Students Explore Stem Cell Research and Ethics at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
April 11, 2011 | Categories: Announcements |On April 9, 2011 the Youth Ethics Summit brought together students from across the Puget Sound region to learn about topics related to ethics, medicine, and biomedical research that are of special […] Read More
ISCRM Researcher, Muneesh Tewari, awarded Presidential Early Career Award
December 3, 2010 | Categories: Announcements |Muneesh Tewari, UW assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology, is among 85 people selected by President Obama to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists […] 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
Major Improvements Made In Engineering Heart Repair Patches From Stem Cells
October 9, 2009 | Categories: Research |University of Washington (UW) researchers, including Dr. Charles “Chuck” Murry, professor of pathology and bioengineering, have succeeded in engineering human tissue patches free of some problems that have stymied stem-cell repair for […] Read More
Laflamme Receives $20,000 Stem Cell Research Grant
July 1, 2009 | Categories: Announcements |Perkins Coie announced that it has presented its $20,000 “Award for Discovery” to Michael A. Laflamme, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology in the University of Washington School of Medicine, […] Read More
Fate Therapeutics, a company started in Seattle with intellectual property from ISCRM, has announced its first clinical trials
May 15, 2009 | Categories: Announcements |Fate Therapeutics, a La Jolla, CA-based biotech startup tapping advances in stem cell biology to develop new drugs, says it has gained exclusive rights to technology involving blood-forming stem cells […] Read More
Private funds keep stem cell research viable in Seattle
September 28, 2007 | Categories: Announcements |Imagine injecting a heart attack victim with cells that can immediately rebuild the damaged heart, regenerating a damaged spinal cord to restore movement to a paralytic or curing a disorder […] Read More
NIGMS awards University of Washington $10 million for human embryonic stem cell research
September 4, 2007 | Categories: Announcements |The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), one of the National Institutes of Health, has funded a new research program at the University of Washington focused on the study […] Read More
Human derived stem cells can repair rat hearts damaged by heart attack
August 27, 2007 | Categories: Research |When human heart muscle cells derived from embryonic stem cells are implanted into a rat after a heart attack, they can help rebuild the animal’s heart muscle and improve function […] Read More