UW News
September 8, 2014
Geneticist Mary-Claire King to receive Lasker Foundation Award
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Mary-Clare King, a world leader in cancer genetics and the application of genetics to justice for human rights violations, will be honored by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.
March 19, 2014
Anti-anxiety drug ameliorates autistic behaviors in mice
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Increasing cell signals that put the brake on excitatory brain cells reduces repetitive behaviors and learning problems and improves social interactions in a mouse model of autism. This was achieved with a low dose of benzodiazipine, a common anti-anxiety, anti-seizure medication.
January 22, 2014
Gene therapy leads to robust improvements in animal model of fatal muscle disease
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The experimental treatment restored muscle function and prolonged lives in animals with a condition similar to X-linked myotubular myopathy in children