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Grad student Alex Salter (left) and his mentor, Dr. Stanley Riddell, led the first comprehensive study to map out how a critical design choice affects the function of a type of cancer immunotherapy.
 

Want to make better T-cell therapies? First, figure out how they work.

In the first comprehensive study of its kind, Fred Hutch scientists have mapped out how a critical design choice affects the activity and function of experimental CAR T-cell therapies. Their findings will inform the development of next-generation cancer immunotherapies so they work better for more patients.

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For Your Health
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Squelching ovarian cancer: the not-so-silent killer

The latest on the search for new biomarkers, better outcomes and cures for this deadly disease, which claims the lives of nearly 15,000 U.S. women a year.

Healthy food  

Supper, sleep, circadian rhythms and cancer risk

When you eat may be as critical as what you eat when it comes to the risk of breast and prostate cancers, study finds.

Illustration of a woman suffering from endometriosis  

Endometriosis linked to childhood abuse

Fred Hutch research collaboration reveals yet another poor health outcome linked to adverse childhood experiences.

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Closing the rural-urban cancer survival gap

Guideline-based care in clinical trials erased cancer death-rate disparities between rural and urban patients, according to a nationwide Hutch-led study.

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Hutch Advances
Janet Stanford  

Parsing the deadliness of prostate cancer

Fred Hutch researcher zeroes in on biomarkers to better predict aggressive form of the disease.

Merkel cell carcinoma patient Dr. Gregg Schimmel  

Revealing how cancer can evade immunotherapy — and, maybe, how to stop it

The story of how a Merkel cell carcinoma patient participated in research that has helped solve a mystery: how cancers evade immunotherapy.

Small cell lung cancer  

Path to a targeted treatment for small-cell lung cancer?

Understanding how a common genetic mutation makes mouse small-cell lung tumors more vulnerable to certain cancer drugs offers hope for a precision medicine-approach to treatment.

H. pylori  

H. pylori test hints at risk factor for stomach cancer

Study suggests a specific strain of Helicobacter pylori bacteria may be found more often in East Asian patients with stomach cancer.

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If you are age 70 1/2 or older, consider fulfilling your required minimum distribution (RMD) through a charitable rollover gift from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to Fred Hutch. With your help, we can continue to pioneer research that saves thousands of lives around the world. Learn more.

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Fred Hutch in the News

Colon cancer screening guidelines may need revising
Scientific American, Sept. 1, 2018

Woman learns to bike to honor late father at Fred Hutch’s Obliteride
KING-TV, Aug. 10, 2018

Fred Hutch offering STEM boot camp for students
KIRO-TV, Aug. 9, 2018

How this cancer therapy went from scientific underdog to potential cure
GeekWire (article and podcast), Aug. 8, 2018

 
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