Seattle-area transplant experts, led by surgeons at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center, are about to launch a clinical research trial in human islet transplantation.
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The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine’s family medicine teaching sites in Buffalo, Wyo., and Powell, Wyo., will welcome their first clerkship students Aug. 16.
A group of researchers at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Human Interface Technology (HIT) Lab, in collaboration with ATR International of Japan, will demonstrate Shared Space in Los Angeles next week at the 1999 SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on GRAPHics) conference, the Association of Computing Machinery’s annual international gathering that attracts more than 30,000 people from academia and industry.
A federal agency has awarded the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø $11 million over five years for a research center dedicated to improving the oral health of children
For nearly a decade, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø atmospheric chemist Robert Charlson has advanced the notion that, in some regions, tiny particles from industrial pollution are actually countering the atmospheric warming effects of greenhouse gases. For nearly a decade, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø atmospheric chemist Robert Charlson has advanced the notion that, in some regions, tiny particles from industrial pollution are actually countering the atmospheric warming effects of greenhouse gases.
Men are almost as likely as women to report unwanted sexual contact and coercion, according to a new study of college students conducted by researchers from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Addictive Behaviors Research Center.
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A two-and-a-half-year-old boy from Kingston, Wash., became the region’s first recipient of a living-related split-liver transplant on Wednesday, July 21 in a coordinated surgery performed by transplant teams from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.
Students at all grade levels will be the beneficiaries of a $500,000 grant to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 60 high school students from across the nation with ambitions to attend college will gather at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in July and August for programs filled with typical summer camp activities – games, classes, treasure hunts and late-night pillow fights.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Board of Regents today approved a new graduate certificate program aimed at giving ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø bioengineering graduates an entrepreneurial edge as they enter the fast-paced and often high-risk world of commercial biotechnology.
A team of transplant surgeons at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center has performed what they believe is a first in the annals of transplant surgery: Husband and wife themselves, they retrieved a donor kidney from a wife and transplanted it into her ailing husband.
Two Eastside sisters now have more in common than they ever imagined they’d have: they’re sharing one set of kidneys. Dr. Lucy Wrenshall, a transplant surgeon at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center, performed the surgery.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center is ranked among the top hospitals in the country in a number of specialties, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 1999 annual guide to “America’s Best Hospitals,” available on newsstands July 12.
The only thing worse than waiting for a tardy bus is arriving at the bus stop a minute late and having no clue whether your ride has come and gone, says ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Electrical Engineering Professor Daniel Dailey, whose latest creation can help commuters keep closer tabs on their transportation.
A very special series of paintings and other artworks by Anchorage artist Gerry Conaway is on display at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center.
The Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, that started blooming in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø botany greenhouse yesterday began to collapse this afternoon, signaling the end of the bloom’s short life.
The stench of dead and bloated flesh drifted through the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø botany greenhouse this afternoon as an unusual plant called an Amorphophallus titanum began to bloom.
A team of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø scientists working at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI) has found a way to grow blood-producing stem cells in the laboratory – opening the door to helping cancer patients overcome major side effects of treatment and creating greater possibilities for genetic cures of illness.
Fourteen major North American universities will have a Web site to showcase some of the best distance learning by some of the best institutions. The Web site, R1.edu, will be operational in September and will be hosted by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is hosting an international group of technical communication scholars to explore how people interact with the Web and to design guidelines for evaluating the communication effectiveness of Web sites.
It stands nearly 5 feet tall and is still growing, and soon it will smell like rotting flesh, but it’s still Douglas Ewing’s baby.
Five ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø) clinical faculty members at the Department of Medicine’s regional teaching sites have been selected for 1999 WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Awards.
A free public forum on “Sex and Aging: The New Facts of Life” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at the Edmond Meany Hotel, 4507 Brooklyn in Seattle’s University District.
A series of free public lectures on the nervous system, learning disabilities and mental health issues will be given in July by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty members and other experts.
How might whales, seals, sea lions, dolphins and other marine mammals fare 100 years from now if our human population and demand on the world’s resources both double? The question will be among those explored during the annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists being held in Seattle for the first time ever.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President Richard L. McCormick has appointed a task force on gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender (GBLT) issues.
Educators with a gift for making the Middle Ages come alive or relating complicated math to students’ daily lives will participate next week in a statewide project aimed at improving teaching methods for current and future teachers.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø will use a $2.3 million grant from the William H. Gates Foundation to develop a five-year program to train experts in women’s health to improve the lives of women and children around the world.
Harborview Medical Center is one of five centers in U.S. to study magnetic stimulation as an alternative to anti-depressant medications and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
Over the past 21 years drowning in King County has decreased by 59 percent, according to a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø study published in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
In a program called Project Astro, fourth- and fifth-grade students at Olympic View made 8-inch ceramic discs to decorate a sundial, which was installed on May 22 by Sullivan, a Puget Sound Energy crew and school volunteers.
Stimulating the production of growth hormone in healthy older men and women can return hormone levels to those found in younger adults and reduce body fat, according to research being conducted at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle.
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine, has named Dr. Andrew A. “Andy” Ziskind associate dean for clinical affairs and associate vice president for clinical specialty programs.
Dr. Scott Barnhart, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø) associate professor of medicine, has been named medical director of Harborview Medical Center and associate dean of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine.
A group of undergraduate ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students have completed the initial design for a nanosatellite that will study the earth’s ionosphere and experiment with flying in precise formation with other satellite.
Fathers are critical in children’s development of emotional control, according to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø psychologist John Gottman, author of “Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child.”
A memorial service for Neil Jacobson, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø psychology professor, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Ballroom at the Edmond Meany Hotel, 4507 Brooklyn Ave. NE in the University District.
A new study by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers, to be presented later this week at the American Psychological Society’s annual meeting in Denver, indicates that men and women view sexual abuse cases differently and could be poles apart in rendering an actual verdict.
Despite this year’s record snowfall in the Pacific Northwest, the amount of water stored as mountain snowpack is projected to drop significantly in the long run, a change that could repaint the face of the region and drastically alter how water is used and allocated, according to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers.