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Brandeis University honors Fred Hutch molecular biologist

Brandeis University honors Fred Hutch molecular biologist

Dr. Steven Henikoff receives 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research
Hutch NewsOctober 30, 2025
Frogs help Fred Hutch find the shape of small things

Frogs help Fred Hutch find the shape of small things

Dr. Yasuhiro Arimura brings frogs back to Fred Hutch after a long absence to study the structure of DNA-linked molecular complexes that change during the cell cycle and malfunction in cancer and other diseases
Hutch NewsOctober 27, 2025
Fred Hutch study finds new life for ‘ineffective’ drugs

Fred Hutch study finds new life for ‘ineffective’ drugs

Innovative method using more authentic tumor samples reveals untapped potential for drugs written off by more conventional tests
Hutch NewsSeptember 24, 2025
Oh, the microbes you’ll meet!

Oh, the microbes you’ll meet!

Fred Hutch Cancer Center immunologist discovers a biological mechanism sprung in the first week of life that trains a mouse pup’s immune system to tolerate harmless gut bugs and new foods
Hutch NewsSeptember 18, 2025
Looking beyond suspect genes in cancer

Looking beyond suspect genes in cancer

Fred Hutch is among 10 institutions in the U.S., the U.K. and Europe collaborating to find the function of every protein-coding gene in the human genome
Hutch NewsAugust 21, 2025
Mapping molecules of an unsung brain cell

Mapping molecules of an unsung brain cell

Fred Hutch researchers create a gene-expression map of glial cells in tiny worms, adding the missing component that completes for the first time an atlas of the entire nervous system of a multicellular adult animal at the molecular level
Hutch NewsJuly 01, 2025
Two Fred Hutch studies identify pancreatic cancer biomarker driving basal disease

Two Fred Hutch studies identify pancreatic cancer biomarker driving basal disease

Dr. Sita Kugel’s team recently published two papers identifying a key biological signature that not only provides clinics a faster, cheaper way to tell pancreatic cancer subtypes apart, but reveals a biological mechanism that could lead to new therapies
Hutch NewsJune 24, 2025
Fred Hutch study finds genetic driver of drug resistance in small cell lung cancer

Fred Hutch study finds genetic driver of drug resistance in small cell lung cancer

Researchers use CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool on tumor cells grown in mice to better model how tumors that initially respond to chemotherapy become resistant
Hutch NewsMay 08, 2025
Managing mountains of genomic data

Managing mountains of genomic data

Tools invented at Fred Hutch are helping researchers analyze the enormous global database of genomic sequences of the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how pathogens evolve and spread
Hutch NewsApril 22, 2025
Rewriting the story about the molecules that turn genes on and off

Rewriting the story about the molecules that turn genes on and off

Fred Hutch researchers discover that most transcription factors in budding yeast don’t follow the textbook example of binding close to the genes they regulate
Hutch NewsApril 16, 2025
New methods reveal cancer mechanism in ancient genes

New methods reveal cancer mechanism in ancient genes

Fred Hutch researchers discover that overproduction of DNA packaging material predicts aggressive brain and breast tumors, which could lead to cheaper diagnostic tests and new drug therapies
Hutch NewsMarch 03, 2025
Evolutionary cell biologist Dr. Grant King named a Hanna Gray Fellow

Evolutionary cell biologist Dr. Grant King named a Hanna Gray Fellow

Long fascinated by life seen and unseen, King awarded eight years of funding to finish postdoctoral training at Fred Hutch and establish an independent lab
Hutch NewsJanuary 29, 2025
Cold air makes oxygen toxic for worms

Cold air makes oxygen toxic for worms

Fred Hutch study shows C. elegans, a microscopic worm, can survive low temperatures if oxygen supply is also low
Hutch NewsJanuary 22, 2025
Tricking cells into trashing cancer

Tricking cells into trashing cancer

Fred Hutch chemical biologist rapidly reduces lung tumors in mice with a tagging system that grabs cancer-causing proteins and hauls them out with the molecular trash
Hutch NewsJanuary 09, 2025