Research from the Berger lab at Fred Hutch identifies the deubiquitinase USP9X as an important factor helping to increase ...

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, led by Dr. Julie McElrath, Director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, have found a new way to train our immune system to make antibodies ...

Most often we think about cancer as developing from cells that acquire cancer-driving mutations, but there’s a subset of cancers driven by another culprit: viruses. To date, “seven human viruses have ...

On some level, biology is all about regulation, regulation, regulation. One way that our cells regulate their genes is through a process called alternative splicing, which entails the selective ...

After contracting COVID-19, regardless of severity, some individuals experience symptoms that persist for months. This prolonged illness is often referred to as long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndrome ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it quickly became clear that certain populations were particularly at risk for severe disease. Individuals undergoing hematopoietic cell transplants (HCT) or chimeric ...

People from sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) communities—including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or anyone who doesn’t fit into the ...

When it comes to the war on cancer, scientists are quickly realizing that the model systems which they commonly use to study cancer may not in fact accurately represent the disease which they purport ...

“Professor Walter and I are clinicians at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, who treat patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and see far too many die from relapsed/refractory disease,” explains Dr. Sam ...

Despite the volume of research and a number of therapeutic options, breast cancer is still a devastating disease for many people afflicted by it. Breast cancer can affect both men and women and is one ...

Another round of SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccines are being offered, but will another booster reduce our risk of COVID-19 disease? This is a question on the minds of many, including Dr. Bo Zhang, an ...