New open source software empowers scientists to uncover immune secrets

New open source software empowers scientists to uncover immune secrets

'Infinity Flow’ adds machine learning to widespread, but limited, technology for analyzing single cells
Hutch NewsSeptember 22, 2021
What happens if the coronavirus’s spikes mutate?

What happens if the coronavirus’s spikes mutate?

First-of-its-kind study explores how changes in the virus’s ‘lock picks’ could help or hinder its ability to sneak into our cells
Hutch NewsAugust 13, 2020
$3.4 million grant to find safer, more effective leukemia treatments

$3.4 million grant to find safer, more effective leukemia treatments

New combinatorial targeted therapies before haploidentical bone marrow transplantation for AML could also help expand access to potential cures for underserved populations
Hutch NewsJuly 27, 2020
Cancer’s toll on the heart decades down the road

Cancer’s toll on the heart decades down the road

New research explores how to lower the risk of heart disease in childhood cancer survivors
Hutch NewsJune 01, 2020
$3.5M grant to develop safer treatment for inherited blood disorders

$3.5M grant to develop safer treatment for inherited blood disorders

Scientists will study radioactive particles that can precisely deliver a potent punch
Hutch NewsMay 21, 2020
New study will track workers at high risk for coronavirus

New study will track workers at high risk for coronavirus

Volunteers to provide regular samples to help close knowledge gaps in how COVID-19 spreads undetected
Hutch NewsApril 17, 2020
A cheaper way to study the immune system, one cell at a time

A cheaper way to study the immune system, one cell at a time

Scientists describe a more efficient way to sequence individual cells and visualize the massive amount of data that ensues
Hutch NewsApril 07, 2020
Inside scorpion venom: A future Rx for arthritis?

Inside scorpion venom: A future Rx for arthritis?

Tiny scorpion-derived proteins deliver arthritis drugs to joints in rat study
Hutch NewsMarch 04, 2020
High-altitude altruism: Seeking cures at 17,600 feet

High-altitude altruism: Seeking cures at 17,600 feet

Fred Hutch scientist, senior leader will hike the Himalayas to raise money for cancer research
Hutch NewsFebruary 14, 2020
99 problems when n=1?

99 problems when n=1?

In research, (sample) size matters
Hutch NewsFebruary 13, 2020
Dr. Guang-Shing Cheng receives Dr. Ali Al-Johani Award for exceptional patient care

Dr. Guang-Shing Cheng receives Dr. Ali Al-Johani Award for exceptional patient care

Pulmonologist’s work honored as ‘invaluable to transplant patients’
Hutch NewsFebruary 04, 2020
Big gains in bone marrow transplant survival since mid-2000s

Big gains in bone marrow transplant survival since mid-2000s

Despite older, sicker patients, mortality rate dropped by one-third within 10-year period
Hutch NewsJanuary 20, 2020
Does CAR T-cell therapy leave patients vulnerable to infection?

Does CAR T-cell therapy leave patients vulnerable to infection?

$3.3M Cancer Moonshot grant to study how immunotherapy impacts patients’ ability to fight off bugs
Hutch NewsJanuary 17, 2020
Study links common immune cell to failure of checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer

Study links common immune cell to failure of checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer

New research suggests how to better predict which patients will respond to immunotherapy
Hutch NewsDecember 19, 2019
Gimme shelter: CRISPR hides healthy cells from leukemia drug

Gimme shelter: CRISPR hides healthy cells from leukemia drug

In mouse study, gene-edited cells stay safe as immunotherapy attacks cancer
Hutch NewsDecember 09, 2019
'Keeping these out of the hands of adolescents is critical'

'Keeping these out of the hands of adolescents is critical'

Fred Hutch lung cancer expert testifies as Washington state weighs flavored vaping ban
Hutch NewsNovember 21, 2019
Failed Alzheimer’s drug boosts CAR T-cell therapy

Failed Alzheimer’s drug boosts CAR T-cell therapy

Engineered immune cells get a helping hand in new clinical trial for multiple myeloma patients
Hutch NewsSeptember 26, 2019
Mystery solved: How graft-vs.-host disease starts in the gut

Mystery solved: How graft-vs.-host disease starts in the gut

Microbiome triggers top killer after bone marrow transplant — and there’s a potential way to stop it
Hutch NewsSeptember 18, 2019
The link between baby’s cells and mom’s disease risk

The link between baby’s cells and mom’s disease risk

Why does mom’s risk for rheumatoid arthritis skyrocket when her baby has a gene that protects against it?
Hutch NewsSeptember 09, 2019
Remembering Dr. Ron Reeder, molecular biologist-turned-photographer

Remembering Dr. Ron Reeder, molecular biologist-turned-photographer

Renaissance man and expert in gene regulation had enduring impact on Fred Hutch’s Basic Sciences Division
Hutch NewsAugust 15, 2019