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UW Researchers Improve Spirometry Testing and Asthma Care for Kids
Posted on March 12, 2012
Spirometry, the measuring of breath, is the most common of the pulmonary function tests (PFTs), measuring lung function, and an important tool for assessing...
Breakthrough Test for Bone Loss Stands Test of Time
Posted on August 26, 2011
More than 10 million adults in the United States have osteoporosis — weak, brittle bones vulnerable to fracture. Another 35 million have low bone...
Neurosurgeon and Bioengineer Aim for Paradigm Shift in Treatment of Hydrocephalus
Posted on June 06, 2011
Advances in medical technology and surgical techniques have dramatically improved diagnosis and treatment of most disorders, saving and extending lives. Yet the technology revolution...
Dance Method DVD Expands a Teacher's Audience
Posted on April 29, 2011
“When are you going to make a video?” is a question Jennifer Salk, MFA, associate professor in the University of Washington dance program would...
Start-up Company Focuses on New Approach to Treating Cancer
Posted on January 31, 2011
When Professor André Lieber first disclosed his novel approach to cancer therapy in 2008, C4C technology manager Angela Loihl immediately recognized it could be...
Fate Therapeutics Charts Destiny to World-Leading Stem Cell Company
Posted on January 16, 2011
Fate Therapeutics is a three-year-old life sciences start-up with fewer than 50 employees, but it has already won high-profile attention. Earlier this year MIT’s...
Research could lead to more accurate testing for coronary artery disease
Posted on January 01, 2011
Some 150 million blood lipid panels are done annually in the U.S. to assess levels of cholesterol, high-density (HDL “good”) and low-density (LDL “bad”)...
Clinic’s pilot project taps into health care system inefficiencies
Posted on January 01, 2011
America’s health care system is regularly in the news, with calls for increasing efficiency and effectiveness, expanding access, and reigning in escalating costs. Every...
Applying mathematics in the fight against cancer
Posted on January 01, 2011
Treatments for malignant brain tumors (glioma) vary little from one patient to the next and are limited to radiation, surgery, and drugs that often...
Researcher’s skill set tackles monitoring of abnormal heart rhythms
Posted on January 01, 2011
David Linker is a UW cardiologist with engineering training and the technical chops to invent a device to improve monitoring and diagnosis of atrial...