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New Science Spotlight Articles
Every month, Fred Hutch postdoc writer/editors summarize two papers from each of our scientific divisions to stimulate collaborations across campus
January 29, 2026
When it comes to delivering therapies to liver cells, the secret’s in the serum
From the Jerome Lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Drs. Keith Jerome and Jesse Bloom elected fellows of American Academy of Microbiology
Fred Hutch researchers’ study of viruses evolves from basic understanding to practical applications
Driver’s ed: watching HSV co-infection and recombination in vivo
From the Jerome Lab, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division
Engineered HSV can trigger genetic chain reaction, rejigger HSV genes during co-infection
Proof-of-concept work raises hope that ‘gene drive’ could one day form basis of curative gene therapy for herpes
Herpes cure with gene editing makes progress in laboratory studies
Fred Hutch virologists eliminated at least 90% of HSV-1 in preclinical models of oral and genital herpes and reduced viral shedding in a study published in Nature Communications
Liver-humanized mice to study hepatis B virus infection
From the Jerome lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Learning from the past to improve SARS-CoV-2 variant discovery
From Dr. Lue Ping Zhao and collaborating labs, Public Health Sciences, Clinical Research, and Vaccine and Infectious Disease Divisions
Researchers refine experimental gene therapy for herpes
Treatment sharply reduced viral shedding in laboratory mice
Tracking SARS-CoV-2 evolution one infection at a time
From the Bloom Lab, Basic Sciences Divisions, and the Greninger and Jerome Labs, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Discovering potential emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants
From the Zhao, Gilbert, Geraghty and Jerome labs, a collaboration between Public Health Sciences, Vaccine and Infectious Disease, and the Clinical Research Divisions
SARS-CoV-2 mutations associated with COVID-19 related hospitalizations
From the Quantitative Genetic Epidemiology Group, Jerome Lab, and Geraghty Lab. A collaboration between the Clinical Research, Public Health Sciences, and Vaccine and Infectious Disease Divisions.
Scientists predict progress against COVID-19, cancer in 2021
After a challenging and deadly 2020, some hopeful predictions for the new year
A year of research dominated by the coronavirus
Scientists applied diverse expertise to pandemic in 2020 while advancing discoveries and cures for cancer
Fearless Science is ...
Hutch researchers take bold approaches to solving hard problems
Suppressing immunity to fight HIV infection
From the Jerome lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
COVID-19 and what else? Researchers use metagenomics to find out
Pairing genome sequencing with cloud computing makes a speedy screen for coinfections, new viral threats