New research led by Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center outlines the steps needed to safely reopen schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Widespread testing, contact tracing and case isolation would… Read More
About 80% of people infected with the novel coronavirus don’t spread the infection to anyone else, leaving the so-called super spreaders as the drivers of the global pandemic that has… Read More
Updated with Fred Hutch confirmation and additional details. Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is cutting more than 70 jobs, about 2% of its workforce of more than 3,000 people,… Read More
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center named a new chair of its board of trustees, Kathy Surace-Smith, a senior vice president at NanoString Technologies and life sciences industry veteran who… Read More
Scientists from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington say the search for COVID-19 treatments should widen its focus from hospitalized patients to people who are… Read More
From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, genetic sleuths have been at the forefront in the global effort to monitor SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. By comparing the… Read More
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center already has dozens of scientists working on infectious diseases, including COVID-19 — but the center’s president and director, Thomas Lynch, says the research community… Read More
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its clinical-care partner, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, are receiving a $500,000 grant from Bank of America to promote COVID-19 testing efforts as well… Read More
Unprecedented collaborations involving the biotech industry and government agencies are urgently needed to develop and produce the billions of doses of vaccine that will be needed to stop the coronavirus… Read More
Are you at risk of getting COVID-19? You may be just the kind of person researchers at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is looking for, to help them learn… Read More
Updated below with details from news conference. Early results from a first-of-its-kind at-home testing program for COVID-19, analyzing more than 4,000 nasal samples sent in from across the Seattle region,… Read More
Tanner Swanson was a week away from starting his first full season in the Major Leagues as a member of the New York Yankees coaching staff. As the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More
Need to get out of the house this weekend? Steve Pergam, an epidemiologist at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the University of Washington and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance,… Read More
Comparisons of the real-world spread of the COV-19 coronavirus with computer models indicate that the travel restrictions imposed by authorities in China and other nations have delayed the progress of… Read More
Scientists at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have identified a mini-protein in scorpion venom that can target joint inflammation in arthritic rats — and they’re hoping it can do… Read More
Update for 5:50 p.m. PT May 28: An updated analysis proposes a different scenario for the origins of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. An evolutionary analysis based on the genome sequences… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Technology is increasingly influencing the science of health, and the delivery of health care. Scientists and… Read More
Dr. Thomas Lynch is in his first week as the new leader of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, but he already has a four-point plan to help guide the… Read More
A three-year-long clinical trial of an HIV vaccine in South Africa, funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by a consortium headquartered at Seattle’s Fred… Read More
Dr. Jeanne Ting Chowning is a lifelong educator with a passion for science — and a commitment to making sure that that passion reaches and is of service to underrepresented… Read More
It has been nearly two decades since scientists accomplished the first complete sequencing of the human genome. This historic moment gave us an unprecedented view of human DNA, the genetic… Read More
Why do some strings of genetic code remain virtually unchanged despite tens of millions of years of evolutionary divergence? A newly published study that takes advantage of the gene-editing technique… Read More
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found its next leader, announcing Tuesday that Dr. Thomas J. Lynch Jr. will become the institution’s new president and director. Lynch is a well-known… Read More
We’ve seen Barbie ride a horse, or cruise the beach in a dune buggy. It’s cool to see that she also has an important day job, in the Pollack Lab… Read More
Researchers at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have demonstrated the effectiveness of a new method for getting immune cells to fight solid tumors — by spreading them like jam… Read More
— Matthew Trunnell is stepping down from his post as chief data officer at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. It’s the second major leadership loss for Fred Hutch in… Read More
Adaptive Biotechnologies‘ stock rose 6 percent to $30 per share in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company reported higher revenues and narrower losses than expected for its third-quarter earnings.… Read More
The question of why immunotherapy eradicates cancer in some people while having little effect on the majority of patients has vexed scientists since the introduction of the treatment. Now, researchers… Read More
Kristin Anderson has already fought cancer in more ways than one. She’s a cancer survivor whose battle with breast cancer started when she was just 28 years old and pursuing… Read More
Dr. Harlan Robins, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies, stepped down from his role as head of the computational biology program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research… Read More