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December 31, 2012
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Surgery establishes penile sensation in men with spina bifida
December 28, 2012
The new procedure may improve the quality of life for men with spinal cord lesions or injuries.
Academic medicine has major economic impact on the state and the nation
December 27, 2012
The Association of American Medical Colleges reports that its member medical schools and teaching hospitals had a combined economic impact of more than $587 billion in the United States in 2011
Training Xchange puts UW research advances into practitioners’ hands
December 21, 2012
The UW is expanding its Training Xchange initiative to help researchers transmit innovations in healthcare and other fields to professionals locally and beyond the Northwest.
Mild brain cooling after head injury prevents epileptic seizures in lab study
December 20, 2012
Traumatic head injury is the leading cause of acquired epilepsy in young adults, and at present there is no treatment to prevent or cure it.
Crowdsourcing site compiles new sign language for math and science
December 7, 2012
The ASL-STEM Forum is a crowdsourcing project, similar to Wikipedia or the Urban Dictionary, that creates a new sign language for the latest scientific and technical terms.
Electrically spun fabric offers dual defense against pregnancy, HIV
November 30, 2012
Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers show promise as a cheap, versatile platform to simultaneously offer contraception and prevent HIV. New funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will further test the system’s versatility and feasibility.
Rules devised for building ideal protein molecules from scratch
November 29, 2012
These principles could allow scientists to custom-make, rather than re-purpose, protein molecules for vaccines, drugs, and industrial and environmental uses.
Extra chromosome 21 removed from Down syndrome cell line
November 8, 2012
The approach could lead to cell therapy treatments for some of the blood-forming disorders that accompany the common genetic condition.
Students win $100K for 3-D printer to turn waste plastic into composting toilets, rainwater harvesting systems
October 25, 2012
Three undergraduates won $100,000 to form a company that will work with partners in Oaxaca, Mexico, to build machines that can transform waste plastic into composting toilets and pieces for rainwater harvesting systems.
