Medicine
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.