bioengineering
September 4, 2021
Hope and healing
A researcher combats cancer with the help of UW doctors and tools developed by his colleagues.
June 1, 2015
Blood stancher
An injectable polymer could keep soldiers and trauma patients from bleeding to death.
March 1, 2015
Wayne Quinton, 1921-2015
Often referred to as UW’s “father of bioengineering,” Wayne Quinton drew upon his knowledge in electronics, physics and materials to address unmet needs, especially in the field of medicine.
December 1, 2013
Immortal life
The cover of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks succinctly proclaims the book’s storyline: “Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than 20 years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same.”
June 1, 2012
Distance diagnostics
Paul Yager, chair of the UW Bioengineering Department, is principal investigator on two grants totaling up to $26 million that aim to move diagnostic medicine away from standard antibody testing to paper.
June 1, 2009
The first bioengineer
Wayne Quinton not only designed a laundry list of life-saving medical devices, but became the first practitioner of an entirely new field: bioengineering.
June 1, 2007
Direct approach
The new dean of the UW College of Engineering doesn’t have an engineering degree. But that’s not the only surprising aspect of Matt O’Donnell.
June 1, 2006
Combined forces
The UW's newest research faciIity brings together two of the 21st century's leading scientific fields in a setting that will spark fresh discoveries.
March 1, 2005
Wake-up call
Can radiation from cellphones damage DNA in our brains? When a UW researcher found disturbing data, funding became tight and one industry leader threatened legal action.
Making waves
On Dec. 21, UW Bioengineering Professor Henry Lai could be found with a big smile across his face. Research into cell phone radiation that he and N.P. Singh had pioneered 10 years ago at the UW was finally being corroborated.
June 1, 2002
The inside story
By perfecting ultrasound, Don Baker revolutionized the way doctors make their diagnoses, and put Seattle on the biotech map.
June 1, 2000
Magnets fight malaria
The power of magnets may defeat malaria, a disease that affects half a billion people a year, according to UW Bioengineering Professor Henry Lai.
March 1, 2000
Anti-bacterial armor
Buddy Ratner is leading a UW research team that may have discovered a way to prevent thousands of deaths from hospital-acquired infections each year.
June 1, 1999
Fooling the body
UW researchers are one step closer to creating artificial bones, tissue and organs that the human body will recognize as its own.
December 1, 1996
Researchers work to create medical implants that bodies won’t reject
UW bioengineers hope to fool the body into accepting foreign materials, opening the door to artificial kidneys, bionic hip replacements and other medical miracles.
December 1, 1995
‘Super mice’ illustrate the power of genetic engineering
Scientists using technology discovered at the UW and other research universities are inserting bits of DNA from a person into a pig or a mouse.
September 1, 1994
Southwest campus plan
The Seattle City Council voted to approve the University's master plan for its Southwest Campus—completing a five-year process.