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Follow the latest media coverage of ITHS and the researchers we support.

2018

May 3, 2018 – VIDEO: How a male contraceptive pill could work – TEDMED
April 25, 2018 – VIDEO: UW Medicine working to develop new breast cancer vaccine – KIRO 7 News
April 20, 2018 – Ethicists Call for More Scrutiny of ‘Human-Challenge’ Trials – New York Times
April 20, 2018 – Deok-Ho Kim and team awarded human frontier science program research grant – UW Dpt of Bioengineering
April 18, 2018 – Study explores crash risk among older drivers – UW Medicine Newsroom
April 12, 2018 – Clinical trials’ ethical liability: risk to non-participants – UW Medicine Newsroom
April 12, 2018 – A new, personalized vaccine is targeting the deadliest cancers in America – CNBC
April 11, 2018 – NIH director Dr. Francis Collins used the Kidney Research Institute’s kidney-on-a-chip during a speech to Congress last week to demonstrate the value of biomedical research. Watch the video.
March 21, 2018 – Breast cancer vaccine is being tested at University of Washington – KIRO Radio
March 15, 2018 – With new ‘shuffling’ trick, researchers can measure gene activity in single cells – UW News
February 26, 2018 – New vaccine could keep breast cancer from coming back – The Daily at the University of Washington
February 19, 2018 – Are cancer vaccines the future of treatment? – Global News
February 2, 2018 – Test vaccine aimed at breast-cancer’s recurrence – UW Medicine Newsroom
January 16, 2018 – Meet the Rheumatologist: Rheumatoid Arthritis – HealthGrades.com

2017

November 27, 2017 – U.S. children with CF now have better nutrition and lung function than Canadian counterparts – UW Medicine News Release
November 14, 2017 – Michael G. Kurilla Joins NCATS as Clinical Innovation Director – National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
October 2, 2017 – Killing Cancer – Inlander
September 14, 2017 – UW Researcher Talks Cancer Vaccines – Spokane Public Radio
August 27, 2017 – Here’s where we’re at with the male birth control pill – Business Insider
August 15, 2017 – The tragic Charlie Gard case and what we can learn from it – The Seattle Times
August 3, 2017 – Why We Can’t Have the Male Pill – Bloomberg Businessweek
August 1, 2017 – Yes, sperm counts may be dropping, but it’s not time to panic yet – The Verge
July 10, 2017 – UW scientists to launch kidney cells into space to accelerate research process – Q13 Fox
July 7, 2017 – Personalized vaccines could help the immune system fight cancer – Popular Science
July 6, 2017 – Rising doctors: Inspired to instruct – Spokane Journal of Business
June 13, 2017 – How astronauts are keeping you healthy from 250 miles up – CNN
March 29, 2017 – As Central District gets whiter, new barriers to health care – Kuow
January 9, 2017 – A video game designed to treat depression, and it works – My Northwest
January 5, 2017 – Dealing with Depression? Science Says This Video Game Could Treat It – Reader’s Digest
January 3, 2017 – Gaming Your Brian to Treat Depression – Science Daily
January 3, 2017 – Game your brain to treat depression, studies suggest – UW Health Sciences NewsBeat

2016

October 2016 – Team Science, Translated – UW Medicine
August 9, 2016 – U.S. diabetic kidney disease rate unchaged – NewsBeat
April 1, 2016 – A secret to healthy aging might be found in the chorus – NewsBeat
January 29, 2016 – What compels parents to act on signs of kids’ tooth decay? – NewsBeat
January 29, 2016 – University of Washington Researcher Addresses Infant Feeding Challenges – Association for Clinical and Translational Science
January 12, 2016 – Move it along: Ultrasound to rid kidney stones sans surgery – NewsBeat

2015

December 7, 2015 – Steps toward greater awareness of Parkinson’s symptoms – NewsBeat
September 23, 2015 – ‘NIFTY’ cup could be lifesaver for high-risk babies – KING 5
August 25, 2015 – UW-led team to develop innovative HIV treatment lasting at least 7 days – University of Washington School of Pharmacy
June 8, 2015 – UW Researcher Selected as a ‘Rising Star’ – University of Wyoming News
May 28, 2015 – Idaho State University’s Hevener and Tavernier named to WWAMI’s Rising Star program – Idaho State University
May 27, 2015 – 12 scientists kick off effort to boost grant-funding savvy – NewsBeat
April 22, 2015 – No sign of heart muscle repair after stem cell injections – NewsBeat
April 17, 2015 – Life-Saving Blood-Clotting Polymer – UWTV
April 15, 2015 – Depression Plus Diabetes May Boost Dementia Risk – HealthDay
March 12, 2015 – UW researchers develop injectable polymer to prevent severe blood loss – Puget Sound Business Journal
March 11, 2015 – UW researchers develop polymer to stop bleeding – KIRO 7
March 11, 2015 – UW research: Injectable polymer could save bleeding patients – KING 5
March 11, 2015 – PolySTAT: Injection that stops bleeding has potential to save soldiers on battlefield – International Business Times
March 10, 2015 – An injectable UW polymer could keep soldiers, trauma patients from bleeding to death – UW Today
March 5, 2015 – Injectable Goo Developed In Seattle Could Help Stop Trauma Patients From Bleeding To Death – KPLU News for Seattle

2014

September 9, 2014 – University of Washington biotech start-up to develop game-changing cancer therapies – Medical Xpress
January 22, 2014 – UW Chemistry Professor Seeks Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis Tool – University of Wyoming News

2013

December 6, 2013 – WSU’s $80M Pharma and Biomed Building to Emphasize PGx, Expand Omics Capacity – GenomeWeb Daily News
September 5, 2013 – Local research groups team up in new way on life-saving blood device – Puget Sound Business Journal

2012

July 23, 2012 – $65M grant aims to help turn UW health research into applications – Puget Sound Business Journal
July 22, 2012 – $65M federal grant helps UW turn lab research into products – The Seattle Times

2010

March 23, 2010 – Great potential in meshing state’s life-sciences, global-health riches – The Seattle Times

2009

August 9, 2009 – University of Washington-based institute wins $2M to get more medical research into real world – Puget Sound Business Journal

2008

September 30, 2008 – IT at work on clinical research at Seattle university, hospital – Healthcare IT News

2007

October 11, 2007 – NIH funds UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences – UW Today