Human Biology News

Bottleneck breakthrough

Bottleneck breakthrough

Fred Hutch researchers discover why some HIV-1 variants are more transmissible than others, which could generate new approaches to stop the virus that causes AIDS at cell entry
Hutch NewsOctober 03, 2024
Making the most of a small supply

Making the most of a small supply

Fred Hutch researchers receive $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study the fundamental biology of five rare liver cancers that could lead to new treatments one day
Hutch NewsSeptember 30, 2024
Priming the pump for future funding

Priming the pump for future funding

Fred Hutch postdoctoral researchers win NIH training fellowship for pancreatic cancer and kinetochore projects
Hutch NewsSeptember 04, 2024
Finding a rare bile duct cancer’s weaknesses

Finding a rare bile duct cancer’s weaknesses

DOD and Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation awards will help Dr. Debraj Boila reveal genetics, drug targets of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Hutch NewsJuly 30, 2024
Mapping a pathway to hope

Mapping a pathway to hope

How Fred Hutch researchers revealed the biology behind a drug’s success in a rare liver cancer and paired it with another drug for a one-two punch
Hutch NewsJune 04, 2024
Tackling an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer

Tackling an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer

Dr. Stephanie Dobersch awarded American Cancer Society Fellowship to study genetics of basal pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Hutch NewsMay 23, 2024
Bridging the gap between cancer drug target and cancer drug

Bridging the gap between cancer drug target and cancer drug

Fred Hutch RNA-translation expert Dr. Andrew Hsieh receives Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award to develop experimental compound into anti-cancer drug
Hutch NewsMay 02, 2024
Revealing how cancer cells cooperate — and how to stop them

Revealing how cancer cells cooperate — and how to stop them

$1 million from Kleberg Foundation will support Dr. Kevin Cheung’s investigations into the collaborative strategies tumors use to spread and resist treatment
Hutch NewsMarch 28, 2024
Extending efficacy for CAR T-cell therapies

Extending efficacy for CAR T-cell therapies

Dr. Shivani Srivastava receives NCI MERIT Award to investigate how to improve engineered cancer immunotherapies against solid tumors through reservoirs of self-renewing immune cells
Hutch NewsOctober 09, 2023
New technique could help make precision medicine more widely available

New technique could help make precision medicine more widely available

Simple CUT&Tag adaptation gives information about genetic regulatory elements in formalin-fixed tumor samples
Hutch NewsOctober 04, 2023