Media Coverage
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Media Coverage
2019
- May 23, 2019 – VIDEO: Male birth control: Seattle couple opens up about gel study – Kiro 7
- February 13, 2019 – AUDIO: The Aging Physician: Should Doctors Be Forced to Retire? – Business Radio
- February 11, 2019 – Precigen Announces Clearance of IND to Initiate Phase 1 Study for First-in-Class PRGN-3005 UltraCAR-T™ to Treat Advanced Stage Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer Patients – Ciston PR Newswire
- February 1, 2019 – VIDEO: Mom voices concerns during Washington measles outbreak – K5 News
2018
- September 19, 2018 – Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong – Huffington Post
- August 31, 2018 – Unconscious bias plays role in ovarian cancer screenings – UW Medicine Newsroom
- July 6, 2018 – VIDEO: Seattle seniors choosing cannabis over opioids for pain – K5 News
- June 19, 2018 – A pocket-size research revolution – University of Washington
- May 25, 2018 – VIDEO: Vaccines to End Cancer – KCTS News, PBS
- 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
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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
The Institute is supported by grants UL1 TR002319, KL2 TR002317, and TL1 TR002318 from the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program (CTSA).
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