This year, researchers Megan Shen, PhD, and Mary L. “Nora” Disis, MD, of Fred Hutch Cancer Center and UW Medicine ...

A study by researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center published in Nature revises the standard story about transcription factors ...

“Exposure to maternal HIV infection during pregnancy and while breastfeeding has been associated with poorer health outcomes and higher risk of mortality among children,” shared Dr. Emily Begnel, a ...

Our immune systems are composed of many types of blood cells that protect us from viruses, bacteria and even cancer. These diverse cell types each perform distinct functions and must synergize to ...

When we think about cancer, we often focus on breakthroughs in treatment, personal survival stories, and the hope that research brings. But what happens when entire communities are left out of the ...

“During development and tissue regeneration, stem and progenitor cells give rise to differentiated cell types in defined numbers and proportions to properly generate and maintain organs and body plans ...

For all its mysteries, cancer can be boiled down to a disease caused by cell division gone haywire. But what determines the rate at which cancer cells can grow? They need cell building materials—amino ...

Shingles, caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that also causes chickenpox in children, can lead to debilitating nerve pain, particularly in older adults. The Recombinant Zoster ...

When Filippo Milano, MD, PhD, left his home in Italy in 2008 to further specialize in allogeneic transplantation in Seattle, it was supposed to be short-term. He would just stay long enough to learn ...

In this stanza, Darwin links oxygen to warmth and heat–an apt metaphor, since without either life ceases to function. However, we now know that life exists in a relatively narrow range of temperature ...