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Dr. Yeon Soo Kim receives NIH Pathway to Independence Award

Dr. Yeon Soo Kim receives NIH Pathway to Independence Award

Hsieh Lab postdoctoral fellow studies how advanced prostate cancer evades therapy by altering the way RNA builds proteins
Hutch NewsOctober 01, 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
Mapping tumor cell heterogeneity in castrate-resistant prostate cancer

Mapping tumor cell heterogeneity in castrate-resistant prostate cancer

From the Haffner Lab, Human Biology and Clinical Research Divisions
Science SpotlightSeptember 18, 2024
RNA stability may play a role in prostate cancer

RNA stability may play a role in prostate cancer

New research links mutations in RNA region that helps regulate protein production to progression and drug resistance
Hutch NewsJuly 28, 2023
Hit the “reset” button on acquired drug resistance of cancer cells

Hit the “reset” button on acquired drug resistance of cancer cells

From the Bradley Lab, Public Health Sciences and Basic Sciences Divisions and collaborating Abdel-Wahab Lab, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Science SpotlightJanuary 23, 2023
Seeking targeted treatments for pancreatic cancer

Seeking targeted treatments for pancreatic cancer

American Cancer Society fellowship to Dr. Nithya Kartha supports search for vulnerabilities in most aggressive pancreatic tumor subtype
Hutch NewsSeptember 23, 2020
New insights into drug resistance in small cell lung cancer

New insights into drug resistance in small cell lung cancer

Scientists discover a single gene’s outsized role in drug resistance — and use its vulnerability to re-sensitize tumors to chemotherapy in preclinical models
Hutch NewsAugust 20, 2020
Taking the shortcut to frontline treatment

Taking the shortcut to frontline treatment

From Dr. Schmitt and the Radich lab, Clinical Research Division
Science SpotlightSeptember 17, 2018
Targeted therapies push metastatic prostate cancer in new directions

Targeted therapies push metastatic prostate cancer in new directions

Combination therapy could help stave off new “escape variant” of disease that arises in response to powerful treatments
Hutch NewsNovember 14, 2017
Super drugs for superbugs: Creative ways to combat antibiotic resistance

Super drugs for superbugs: Creative ways to combat antibiotic resistance

New discoveries could overcome antibiotic development stalemate, stay ahead of bacteria’s steady march toward drug resistance
Hutch NewsJanuary 15, 2015
Researchers uncover how poxviruses such as smallpox evolve rapidly - despite low mutation rates

Researchers uncover how poxviruses such as smallpox evolve rapidly - despite low mutation rates

Study reveals novel ‘accordion-like’ means of viral adaptation against host viral defenses
News ReleasesAugust 16, 2012
Three-drug H. pylori therapy better for some than four

Three-drug H. pylori therapy better for some than four

New results from large Latin American SWOG study contradict clinical trial findings in Europe and Asia; geographic variations in antibiotic resistance may validate different drug regimens for different populations
Hutch NewsAugust 01, 2011
NCI awards $11.5 million to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to lead breast cancer research consortium

NCI awards $11.5 million to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to lead breast cancer research consortium

Projects include developing targeted therapies to treat drug-resistant tumors
News ReleasesNovember 10, 2010