$5M gift gives a boost to new UW stem cell institute
October 19, 2006 | Categories: Announcements |The University of Washington’s efforts to create an institute for human embryonic stem cell research are getting a boost from retired Starbucks CEO Orin Smith. Smith is donating $5 million […] Read More
Repairing the retina: Stem-cell procedure promising
August 15, 2006 | Categories: Research |Procedures using stem cells derived from human embryos could be utilized in a few years to repair disease-damaged retinas, new research by University of Washington scientists indicates. UW scientists reported […] Read More
Raising their voices for stem cell funding
August 3, 2006 | Categories: Announcements |For most of her life, Sen. Patty Murray’s father was confined to a wheelchair. Multiple sclerosis robbed her father of his independence. And it stole a normal life from Murray, […] Read More
Stem-cell fight isn't over, senators say
July 25, 2006 | Categories: Announcements |Carey Christensen, her hands trembling from Parkinson’s disease, did not hide her contempt for President Bush’s veto last week of stem-cell research she believes has the potential to turn her […] Read More
Region has right stuff to be leader in stem cells
March 16, 2006 | Categories: Research |One legacy of modern medicine’s success is that our society has grown older. As an inevitable consequence, every person will eventually suffer from, or will know someone who suffers from, […] Read More
$100 million stem-cell push
March 9, 2006 | Categories: Announcements |Responding to both growing competition and government-imposed limits on embryonic stem-cell research, the University of Washington is preparing to launch a stem-cell institute and looking to raise $100 million in […] Read More
Bill to regulate stem-cell research fails
April 12, 2005 | Categories: Announcements |After days of delay, the Senate yesterday killed a bill that would regulate stem-cell research, with two Republicans who originally supported the measure jumping back to join their caucus. Senate […] Read More
Human embryonic stem cell exploratory center funded
September 19, 2003 | Categories: Announcements |The UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will establish a federally funded Exploratory Center for Human Embryonic Cell Research. The center will acquire, characterize, and in some cases, distribute, National Institutes […] Read More