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Using new gene-editing techniques, researchers in Seattle Children’s Research Institute’s Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies (CIIT) have created a novel cell-based therapy with the potential to transform the treatment and/or prevention of Type I diabetes, as well as other autoimmune, allergic and autoinflammatory diseases.

The Center for Indigenous Health aims to motivate younger generations to pursue a career in medicine, ultimately leading to a rise in the number of Indigenous physicians practicing both in Washington State and across the country.

UW Pediatrics assistant professor and physician/scientist Danny E. Miller has received a competitive National Institutes of Health Director’s Early Independence Award, which provides up to $1.25 million over 5 years.