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From Data to Diagnosis: GREGoR aims to demystify rare diseases

From Data to Diagnosis: GREGoR aims to demystify rare diseases

From the Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Diseases (GREGoR) Consortium, including the Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium
Science SpotlightJanuary 05, 2026
Looking beyond suspect genes in cancer

Looking beyond suspect genes in cancer

Fred Hutch is among 10 institutions in the U.S., the U.K. and Europe collaborating to find the function of every protein-coding gene in the human genome
Hutch NewsAugust 21, 2025
Biomarkers, tumor markers and tumor boards: What cancer patients need to know

Biomarkers, tumor markers and tumor boards: What cancer patients need to know

Cancer care is changing — as are the clinical tools, tests and the terms used to diagnose and predict its path and treatment
Hutch NewsAugust 14, 2025
Search for the genetic basis of dyslexia

Search for the genetic basis of dyslexia

From Drs. Wendy Raskind, Ellen Wijsman, and colleagues, University of Washington.
Science SpotlightJuly 23, 2025
Virologist and HIV expert Dr. Michael Emerman retires

Virologist and HIV expert Dr. Michael Emerman retires

Emerman considers mentorship his most important duty in science
Hutch NewsJuly 10, 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
Managing mountains of genomic data

Managing mountains of genomic data

Tools invented at Fred Hutch are helping researchers analyze the enormous global database of genomic sequences of the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how pathogens evolve and spread
Hutch NewsApril 22, 2025
50 years of doing hard things

50 years of doing hard things

Founded in 1975 to honor a brother, Fred Hutch Cancer Center pursued bold science, pioneered a cure for blood diseases that changed medicine and became a world-class biomedical research and clinical care institution
Hutch NewsJanuary 09, 2025
More to brain tumors than meets the eye

More to brain tumors than meets the eye

Fred Hutch researchers find new way to classify tumors based on their underlying biology rather than how they look
Hutch NewsJuly 15, 2024
Science Says: The promise of precision medicine

Science Says: The promise of precision medicine

How understanding unique traits of individuals and their cancers can lead to precise treatments
Hutch NewsMay 27, 2022
Team of top researchers prepares for endemic COVID-19

Team of top researchers prepares for endemic COVID-19

$15M Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant shared by 8 scientists at Fred Hutch and UW
Hutch NewsFebruary 11, 2022
Researchers link mutations in coronavirus' internal machinery to higher risk of severe disease

Researchers link mutations in coronavirus' internal machinery to higher risk of severe disease

Early COVID-19 patients were more likely to be hospitalized if virus carried genetic trait
Hutch NewsJanuary 25, 2022
Toward better cures for kids with AML: Q&A with Dr. Soheil Meshinchi

Toward better cures for kids with AML: Q&A with Dr. Soheil Meshinchi

How researchers are developing personalized therapies for the deadliest childhood leukemia that have fewer side effects
Hutch NewsNovember 05, 2021
Fred Hutch scientist Dr. Trevor Bedford receives MacArthur Fellowship

Fred Hutch scientist Dr. Trevor Bedford receives MacArthur Fellowship

Recognized for research and public health contributions in tracking viral spread and evolution
Hutch NewsSeptember 28, 2021
Deleted SARS-CoV-2 sequences from early in Wuhan outbreak offer clues

Deleted SARS-CoV-2 sequences from early in Wuhan outbreak offer clues

Detective work by Hutch evolutionary biologist reconstructs and analyzes data to provide evidence on pandemic origins
Hutch NewsJuly 08, 2021
Prostate cancer researcher Dr. Janet Stanford retires after three decades

Prostate cancer researcher Dr. Janet Stanford retires after three decades

Career of discoveries about prostate cancer genetics, risks, outcomes
Hutch NewsJune 02, 2021
Democratizing DNA-based health risk scores

Democratizing DNA-based health risk scores

Hutch-led consortium receives $9.8M grant to improve genetic risk prediction for cardiovascular disease in racially and ethnically diverse populations
Hutch NewsDecember 10, 2020
Can a tumor that acts like a microbe help us develop better cancer therapies?

Can a tumor that acts like a microbe help us develop better cancer therapies?

Understanding the genetics underlying spontaneous regression of an infectious tumor in Tasmanian devils could point us toward new treatment targets
Hutch NewsAugust 06, 2020
Dr. Hans-Peter Kiem elected vice president of American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy

Dr. Hans-Peter Kiem elected vice president of American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy

After serving 1 year as vice president, Kiem will serve as president-elect and president of the society
Hutch NewsMay 04, 2020