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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
March 20, 2023
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease, and more
$3.7 million grant to fund novel gene therapy approach for dangerous genetic disorders of hemoglobin
Tapscott team discovers genes, mechanisms of common muscular dystrophy
Discoveries may result in biomarker test for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, a disease that initially affects the skeletal muscles of the face, scapula and upper arms
More WHI answers than meet the eye
PHS paper brings together existing data to illuminate reasons WHI clinical-trial results differ from earlier observational studies
Muscles may hold clues to fatal brain disease
Gene-expression differences in skeletal muscle may lead to better tracking of Huntington's disease
Dietary guidance could help rural residents prevent cancer
Public Health Sciences Division study uses low-intensity, low-literacy strategies to affect dietary change in low-income populations
Bringing new images to light
A developing, new shared resource for small-animal imaging is accelerating research on more effective ways to diagnose, treat cancer
Guy begins with Y
Katie Peichel and colleagues solve complex mystery of sex determination in stickleback fish; may shed light on human development and diseases