Entries from Seattlest tagged with 'cancerresearch'
March 6, 2008
Comfort is a two-way street. Sometimes we need comfort. And sometimes we give it. Crave has been the giver by way of its menu of “contemporary comfort food,” which includes favorites like blintzes, overnight baked beans, and shiitake macaroni & cheese. Now is the time for us to give. Diagnosed with two forms of lymphoma, Crave’s chef-owner Robin Leventhal is giving away her collection of copper Jello molds to some of Seattle’s finest chefs.......
Continue Reading "What’s Cookin’: Crave’s Copper Cure"November 8, 2007
An HIV vaccine that helps you get HIV was not the idea behind the STEP Study, but that's what scientists are saying they got. 100 volunteers in the program were from Seattle, and the now-halted trial was co-sponsored by the Vaccine Trials Network, which works out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The Seattle Times and the P-I are both reporting on the story, which if nothing else illustrates a case of Donald Rumsfeld's......
Continue Reading "HIV Still Smarter Than Scientists"December 29, 2005
A collaborative team of international genetic researchers led by a former Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center member recently published the entire genome sequence for dogs. While this research will have a direct impact on treating diseases specifically in dogs, humans serve to benefit from our proverbial best friends as well. Many may have heard the cocktail-party trivia fact regarding how similar our genetic goulash is to that of mice, but in fact we share even......
Continue Reading "All the A-T-C-A-G for your D-O-G"