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NIH Awards $9.8M Grant to Research Consortium for HIV Vaccine Development
University of Washington is part of a consortium led by Seattle Biomed to develop a vaccine that would elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1. The $9.8m grant from NIH was announced March 10. Other members of the consortium include Seattle...
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The disaster no major U.S. city is prepared for
The Washington Post analyzed the risks of a prolonged, citywide blackout coinciding with a more severe heat wave. Experts warn this type of catastrophe — a combined power outage with a heat wave — is a scenario that cities and states are unprepared for....
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Lifting the fog: Applying the COVID-19 toolbox to future pandemics
It had been 100 years since the 1918 influenza pandemic, and researchers knew it was only a matter of time until another deadly disease arrived. ...
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Structure based drug design against sexually transmitted bacteria.
This is a multi-lab interdisciplinary effort to develop novel antibacterial compounds for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Mycoplasma genitalium. This project exploits key...
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Hospitals in Coastal Cities Risk Flooding Even in ‘Weak’ Hurricanes, Study Finds
In a large proportion of the metropolitan areas along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, at least half of the hospitals are at risk of flooding even from relatively weak hurricanes, a new study found. ...
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UW profs push for a ‘NATO’ defense pact — against our own government
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A cough away from clarity — UW researchers are developing new app to differentiate respiratory disease
UW Medicine doctors and University of Washington engineers are on a mission to provide answers by developing a smartphone app designed to distinguish COVID-19 coughs, for instance, from other respiratory illnesses. Dr. Thomas Hawn, adjunct professor of...
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Kris Ebi Presents at WHO Conference on Health and Climate
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2020 MLK Award Winner Inspires Students of Color to be Brave, Challenges all to be Better
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Defining the protective efficacy of antibodies against the EBV gH/gL glycoprotein complex
Uses various animal models to evaluate the ability of neutralizing antibodies to protect against EBV infection. ...