Medicine
June 1, 1994
Parkinson’s assist
Sport glasses that allow a viewer to watch TV while mowing the lawn may someday allow Parkinson's disease victims to walk at a normal pace.
Floss-free life?
Dental researchers at the UW reported that an experimental vaccine protects monkeys from gum disease.
Top-10 programs
Four UW graduate programs are in the top 10 in their respective fields, according to a U.S. News and World Report survey published March 21.
March 1, 1994
Angioplasty study
If you want to avoid heart bypass surgery, you may want to "bypass" a hospital that does low volume work in another heart procedure—coronary angioplasty.
Life-saving research
Through their discoveries about yeast, researchers have already saved millions of lives.
December 1, 1993
Disarming diabetes
Diabetic complications affecting the eyes, kidneys and possibly the nerves and heart don't have to happen, say UW diabetes experts.
September 1, 1993
New look at nerves
A new imaging technique that lets physicians see nerves in the human body may be the solution to that chronic back pain you've been complaining about.
June 1, 1993
Turning cancer off
UW researchers have discovered a way to artificially make a cell cancerous and then reverse the process of unchecked cell growth.
December 1, 1992
UW lures Leroy Hood to help break the human genetic code
In a 15-year, $3-billion project, scientists are trying to map the chemical sequence of every gene in the human being, what they call the human genome.
September 1, 1992
Mind over gray matter
Researchers at the University of Washington and around the nation are hoping to find the clues to how the brain makes us what we are.
March 1, 1992
Tree of hope
Once seen as worthless, the Pacific Yew is the only natural source of taxol, a powerful cancer-fighting drug.
March 1, 1991
The accidental cure
New drugs and technologies that may offer a cure for multiple organ failure syndrome and related conditions.
December 1, 1990
Sick & tired
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, unfairly labeled "yuppie disease," is no joke. The mysterious malady can attack anyone from 5 to 75, UW researchers warn.
June 1, 1990
Why me, doc?
The University of Washington is home to the nation’s first concentrated research effort in the budding field of ecogenetics.
March 1, 1990
Our aching backs
A UW team received a $5 million grant to study the diagnosis and treatment of back problems.
September 1, 1989
Birth control breakthrough?
UW professors are testing an injectable contraceptive that gives men the same kind of contraceptive freedom—and responsibility—now generally available only to women.