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He suffered two strokes. This electric brain implant helped him regain use of his arm

Perhaps the most compelling finding from a UW Medicine study to help stroke victims recover hand movement is that if its first subject applied to be part of the study today, he would not qualify.
- Stephen Howie
'There's no silver bullet.' Seattle researchers say autism answers lie in early diagnosis, interventions

Autism has become a lightning rod issue at the federal level, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announcing what he believes are a cause and cure for the condition. But autism researchers in Seattle say what’s needed are early diagnoses and early interventions.
- Eilís O'Neill
Trump might shut down UW’s Primate Research Center. Should he?
- Scott Greenstone
Seattle’s Fred Hutch marks 50 years of groundbreaking cancer research

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is celebrating a big birthday Friday. The center opened its doors 50 years ago, on Sept. 5, 1975. Since then it has evolved from a scrappy lab doing what some considered risky science into one of the top cancer centers in the world.
- Gabriel Spitzer
This electric brain implant could help stroke victims recover. The first patient: A Seattle-area mechanic

Neurosurgeons and engineers at the University of Washington School of Medicine reached a milestone this summer, implanting a device inside the skull of a stroke victim that they believe can help him recover movement in his arm and hand.
- Stephen Howie
Washington scientists say ‘brain drain’ has begun as researchers consider moving abroad amid Trump cuts

With the Trump administration gutting research funding, imperiling science-related jobs, and stalling the grant-approval process for clinical studies and research centers, many U.S. scientists are considering research opportunities abroad.
- Stephen Howie
Beloved WSU bread-baking lab in Burlington threatened by Trump cuts

Food research at Washington State University is being hit by federal funding cuts. That includes the WSU Breadlab in Burlington, which studies, grows, and bakes new kinds of whole grains.
- Casey Martin
Trump tracker: Washington state's legal challenges to the administration

KUOW has compiled a comprehensive guide to Washington state's responses to the Trump administration.
- Teo Popescu
Washington state, UW join lawsuit over Trump order cutting funding for medical research

The University of Washington and Washington state are joining nearly two dozen states in suing the federal government over a change in funding from the National Institutes of Health.
- Scott Greenstone
How Washington plans to spy on seals, sea lions with drones

Starting this fall, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will fly drones over the state’s coastal and inland waters to research and count seals and sea lions.
- KUOW Staff

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