February 2007

Vol 13, Issue 2

Articles

• A lifesaving Kenya connection
  Overbaugh team reaches beyond borders to support HIV/AIDS research in Nairobi by training local leaders, establishing molecular virology lab
  
  
• Tackling cancer trials collaboratively
  Nearly $1 million grant funds SCCA/UW participation in national prostate-cancer consortium
  
  
• A strategy for flu infection protection
  Study finds antivirals effectively curb influenza virus and are valuable in managing seasonal flu in households
  
  
• Inviting healthy intruders to stay
  Stem-cell transplant specialist V.K. Gadi is on a mission to find easier, reliable, more affordable ways for physicians to diagnose and prevent cell rejection
  
  
• The melding of diverse minds around proteomics initiative
  Paulovich Lab harnesses specialists from a variety of fields for contributions to $104 million National Cancer Institute network
  
  
• Apply for 'Means' to help free your inner leader
  Peggy Means Leadership Development Fund grant applications due Feb. 28
  
  
• Helping others find their way to wellness
  Comprehensive book for breast-cancer patients receives Komen award
  
  
• Making room for meetings
  Meetings and Event Services team introduces new online software program
  
  
• Laptop safety
  New standard recommends Center laptops run whole-disk encryption
  
  

Briefs

• Buck receives Washington state's 2007 Medal of Merit
  
  
• Keith Loeb joins Clinical Research Division
  
  
• Ken Griffey Sr. presents 2006 Hutch Award™ to Houston Astros' Mark Loretta
  
  
• Galloway to deliver Perspectives in Science seminar Feb. 15 in Pelton
  
  
• BHGI gains international research manager
  
  
• Van Gilst leads Feb. 16 Science Friday
  
  
• Wendy Law receives NWABR outreach award
  
  
• Rivkin Center, NWABR present lecture Feb. 22
  
  
• Diversity Council's Village Voice brown-bag series begins Feb 2
  
  
• Gafken, Eng lead mass spectrometry proteomics course, Feb. 5-9
  
  
• Gala guild recruits new members Feb. 8 in Sze
  
  

Additional online-only content

• Effective treatment for rare leukemia
  
  

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