News releases
November 1, 2010
Molecular imaging and therapy center to develop, commercialize technologies
Ultrasound could soon be a way for spotting cancerous cells before a tumor develops, precisely monitoring how a person responds to treatment or delivering genetic therapies.
October 21, 2010
Researchers develop first implanted device to treat balance disorder
A University of Washington Medical Center patient is the world’s first recipient of a device that aims to quell the disabling vertigo associated with Meniere’s disease.
October 19, 2010
Biologist hopes new ‘condos’ will help Galapagos penguins stave off extinction
Penguin Report (PDF) A Tool for Increasing the Population of the Galapagos Penguin For more information, contact Boersma at 206-616-2185 or boersma@uw.edu. Think of it as Habitat for Penguinity. A University of Washington conservation biologist is behind the effort to build nests in the barren rocks of the Galápagos Islands in the hope of increasing…
August 19, 2010
Slow-moving ‘earthquake’ under Olympic Peninsula will be well recorded
UW seismologists have begun recording a slow-moving and unfelt seismic event under the Olympic Peninsula, and it promises to be the best-documented such event in the eight years since the regularly occurring phenomena were first discovered.
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