Applications Open for PNRI’s 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Internship
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Bold Breakthroughs: PNRI’s Night of Celebration, Science, and Hope
Science in Seattle recaps “Bold Breakthroughs”—PNRI’s energizing return to in-person celebration of discovery and hope.
Bizarre Cancer Has Been Spreading Among Shellfish for Centuries, Studies Find
Carl Zimmer from The New York Times interviewed PNRI’s Dr. Michael Metzger about a study just published in the journal Nature Cancer. Dr. Metzger and a global team of scientists uncovered a transmissible cancer lineage in soft-shell clams more than 200 years old. Their findings not only reshape our understanding of how cancer evolves but offer insights that could help develop novel strategies for blocking cancer in humans and other species.
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COVID Cleared of Increasing Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids?
In a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from PNRI’s Hagopian Lab and TEDDY Study colleagues found no evidence to suggest a link between COVID-19 and the development of type 1 diabetes in children. Their findings stand in contrast to other recent studies that suggested a link between the virus and the disease.
Hagopian Lab
Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency with Aimée Dudley, Andrea Gropman, and Tresa Warner
In this podcast episode, PNRI Senior Investigator Dr. Aimée Dudley joins Dr. Andrea Gropman, Chief of Neurogenetics and Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics at Children’s National Hospital, and Tresa Warner, a parent of a child living with OTC deficiency and the President of the Board of Directors of the National Urea Cycle Disorders Foundation, to discuss a novel genetic screening tool that offers hope to babies born with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTC deficiency), a life-threatening metabolic disorder.
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Tribe, Partners Discover Cancer in Cockles
The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission describes how the Suquamish Tribe and PNRI’s Metzger Lab are working together to better understand how a cancer affects the local cockle population – a traditional food for tribal members that started to disappear over the past few decades.
Metzger Lab
Researchers discover transmissible cancers in several shellfish species on the east and west coasts
KING-5 News spotlights the collaboration between PNRI’s Metzger Lab, the Suquamish Tribe and other partners to collect and analyze marine bivalves impacted by cancer to understand the spread and try to stop it.
Metzger Lab
Researchers Studying Cancer in Wildlife Grapple With Why Some Get the Disease While Others Don’t
Voice of America reporter Deborah Block showcases what PNRI’s Metzger Lab is discovering about a virus-like cancer affecting some of nature’s smallest creatures – shellfish.
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Researchers Rush to Find Cause of Contagious Cancer in PNW Clams
The Seattle Times features the Metzger Lab’s research on the contagious cancer spreading among Pacific Northwest cockles.
Metzger Lab
With Type 1 Diabetes Delay Possible, Focus Now on Screening
PNRI’s Dr. William Hagopian weighs in on how genetic risk scores taken at birth help identify those most at risk of developing type 1 diabetes.
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