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Scientists see foam as starting point of a path to bedside gene therapy

Scientists see foam as starting point of a path to bedside gene therapy

Bioengineer Dr. Matthias Stephan developed a quick-foaming solution that he hopes could one day turn gene therapy into an outpatient procedure
Hutch NewsNovember 17, 2025
Dr. Filippo Milano receives inaugural Endowed Chair in Cord Blood Research

Dr. Filippo Milano receives inaugural Endowed Chair in Cord Blood Research

Unrestricted funding will help grow Fred Hutch’s Cord Blood Transplant Program so that ‘every patient has a donor’
Hutch NewsApril 02, 2025
Towards accessible gene therapy: in vivo base editing to cure Sickle Cell Disease

Towards accessible gene therapy: in vivo base editing to cure Sickle Cell Disease

From the Cancer Consortium Lieber Lab, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington
Science SpotlightDecember 18, 2024
Advocating for bringing gene therapy to low-income countries

Advocating for bringing gene therapy to low-income countries

From the Adair Lab, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division
Science SpotlightAugust 21, 2024
Hitting ‘undo’ to cure Sickle Cell Disease

Hitting ‘undo’ to cure Sickle Cell Disease

From the Lieber and Kiem Labs, Hematologic Malignancies Program, Cancer Consortium.
Science SpotlightMay 24, 2023
Advances in blood disorders research continue despite COVID-19

Advances in blood disorders research continue despite COVID-19

Expanding use of CAR T-cell therapies, gene editing lead to insights at virtual annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology
Hutch NewsDecember 10, 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
A look at emerging sickle cell disease therapies

A look at emerging sickle cell disease therapies

Teams at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and Fred Hutch will model the clinical and economic burden of sickle cell disease and the potential benefits of emerging therapies
Hutch NewsNovember 08, 2019
Targeting a subset of stem cells shows lasting, therapeutically relevant gene editing in blood cells

Targeting a subset of stem cells shows lasting, therapeutically relevant gene editing in blood cells

A new Science Translational Medicine paper is first to report how editing a portion of stem cells with CRISPR/Cas9 is sufficient for long-term reactivation of therapeutic hemoglobin
News ReleasesJuly 31, 2019
Gene editing shows promise for sickle cell and related disorders

Gene editing shows promise for sickle cell and related disorders

Preclinical results offer new hope in group of dangerous inborn diseases
Hutch NewsMay 23, 2018
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease, and more

Gene therapy for sickle cell disease, and more

$3.7 million grant to fund novel gene therapy approach for dangerous genetic disorders of hemoglobin
Hutch NewsFebruary 02, 2017
What's new in blood diseases

What's new in blood diseases

Four things to watch from the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology
Hutch NewsDecember 20, 2016
Ken West

Ken West

Blog PostsJanuary 09, 2015