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Every month, Fred Hutch postdoc writer/editors summarize two papers from each of our scientific divisions to stimulate collaborations across campus
August 19, 2019
Science to watch in 2018: From immunotherapy to gene therapy, big data to new tech
Fred Hutch experts lend their predictions for the coming year’s advances
Retargeting homing endonucleases to cleave new DNA sequences
From the Stoddard Laboratory (Basic Sciences Division)
6 things to know about glioblastoma
Following Sen. John McCain’s diagnosis, Fred Hutch experts offer ‘the long view’ on brain cancer research
Swa(I)y, bend, and cut
From the Stoddard Laboratory (Basic Sciences Division)
Good News: Henikoff Lab celebrates 35 years; Hutch writer earns journalism award; Pat Heath wins coveted Wyckoff award; Hutch vanity plate signatures at 2,300
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
CRISPR and beyond: The ins and outs of gene editing and its potential for cures
The big 4 gene-editing platforms and how they could usher in new therapies for HIV, cancer — and other diseases
How Dr. Barry Stoddard's science fueled promising therapy for glioblastoma — the disease that killed his mom
How Dr. Barry Stoddard's lab work helped create an experimental drug for glioblastoma — the same disease that killed his mother
Building a better protein in the hope of better therapies
Researchers design and create donut-shaped proteins from scratch
Good News at Fred Hutch
Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
New strategy could prevent GMO leaks from lab to the wild
Scientists rewrite bacterium’s genetic language so it can’t survive outside the lab
‘Outrageous experience’: Researchers recall pioneering experiments on Soviet space station
Drs. Roland Strong and Barry Stoddard were part of the first U.S. group to launch scientific experiments 25 years ago on the Soviet space station
Shredding the X chromosome: Wiping out female malaria-bearing mosquitos could halt disease
Scientists genetically modify mosquito responsible for spreading malaria so bugs produce mostly male offspring
Team solves structure of promising gene-targeting protein
Barry Stoddard and colleagues are first to show TAL effector structure, paving way for use in gene modification, engineering and corrective therapy
Funds for innovative gene therapy
Hans-Peter Kiem, Barry Stoddard receive $5.2 million NIH grant
Energizing exchange of ideas
Professor Lance Shipman's experiences at the Center will help him support Morehouse students in their pursuit of a life of science
Enzyme research heats up
Stoddard lab shows success of computational method for improving enzyme's temperature resistance without loss of function
Proteins by design
Basic Sciences Division, UW collaborators demonstrate mastery over mystery with creation of original protein