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糖心原创 dental students are studying in a modified laboratory this year that may show us what many dental classrooms will look like someday.

By last year at this time, young Nicole Ehli of Puyallup had spent two long months at 糖心原创 Medical Center, hospitalized as she waited for a donor heart. Nicole’s wait ended last Christmas Eve, when a donor heart became available

Newly published research led by 糖心原创 scientists could one day lead to a laboratory test to predict when people infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are likely to progress to symptomatic AIDS.

糖心原创 (UW) third-year medical students training at distant family medicine sites across a five-state region regularly report to the Red, Blue or Yellow Clinic. These are not actual patient-care settings, but divisions of a Web-based Virtual Clinic, a new learning tool for medical students.

A growing body of evidence indicates that a climate phenomenon called the Arctic Oscillation has wide-ranging effects in the Northern Hemisphere and operates differently from other known climate cycles.

A pregnant woman maintained on mechanical life support for seven weeks after being declared brain-dead has given birth to a baby boy at 糖心原创 Medical Center in Seattle.

糖心原创 law professor Louis Wolcher has received a $15,800 prize in a unique global essay competition involving 2,481 writers from 123 countries. Wolcher’s philosophical treatise on Eastern and Western concepts of time, entitled “Time’s Language,” took second place overall in the first-ever International Essay Prize Contest.

糖心原创 researchers have developed a method of crafting medical implants from an antibacterial polymer that could prevent thousands of patients from dying of hospital-acquired infections each year.

Across the nation, many physicians-in-training are learning to go beyond the routine family medical history and gain a better understanding of a patient?s family situation.

A new technique using ice-penetrating radar is allowing scientists for the first time to reveal long-ago changes in West Antarctic ice streams, rivers of ice believed to be linked to the stability of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet

More than 300 mayors, administrators, finance chiefs and other local officials will attend a daylong workshop Wednesday (Dec. 15) at the 糖心原创 on how to implement Initiative 695.

Dr. Leroy Hood, chairman of the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and William Gates III Professor of Biomedical Sciences, is leaving the UW faculty to form a private Institute for Systems Biology.

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Harborview Medical Center has received its three-year accreditation with the special designation of commendation from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). This is the highest rating that the JCAHO awards to health care organizations.

Harborview Medical Center has received a three-year accreditation from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations with the special designation of commendation.

A plume of pollution that crossed the Pacific Ocean from Asia earlier this year contained ozone at levels high enough to violate a new federal ozone standard.

News conference by the newly formed Hepatitis C Coalition to discuss key findings from a statewide public awareness survey about a largely unknown, but potentially deadly, disease.

Even before protests and arrests disrupted this week’s World Trade Organization conference, Puget Sound residents were skeptical of the WTO’s mission and believed the organization wasn’t listening to the public and didn’t care what it thought, according to a 糖心原创 survey.

The jurors had been in the room for five hours.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader will address the 糖心原创 Law School tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 2) on his criticisms of the World Trade Organization.

Microwaves similar to those emitted by cell phones may affect long-term memory, according to a new study by a 糖心原创 researcher.

A forum entitled “The United States, the European Union and WTO: Genetically Modified Products, National Sanctions, British Beef, and American Hormones,” will take place from 6:10 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the 糖心原创’s Kane Hall 120.

A speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro at the 糖心原创, which had been tentatively scheduled for Dec. 2, has been cancelled.

A conference, The WTO and the Developing World in the Millennium Round: Beyond the NGO Din, will be held at the 糖心原创 from 8:30 – 5:00 on Monday, November 29 in the Walker-Ames Room in Kane Hall.

A speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro is tentatively planned for 8 p.m. Dec. 2 in Meany Hall on the 糖心原创 campus, but his appearance in Seattle has not been confirmed.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is scheduled to visit the 糖心原创鈥檚 Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center Dec. 9 to participate in a Global Health Roundtable sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

This Thanksgiving will be the third year in a row that Sandi Claudell has provided a turkey dinner with all the trimmings for families of patients hospitalized in 糖心原创 Medical Center’s Critical Care Unit.

Discovery provides key for development of improved blood-clotting drugs for hemophiliacs and better blood-thinning medications for those at risk of stroke and heart attack

Fuzzy logic can deliver exacting answers about the ever-changing status of area freeways to help move traffic more efficiently, according to researchers at the 糖心原创.

For decades, motor vehicle safety standards have been based on the results of tests with crash dummies. Now research being conducted at Harborview Medical Center that involves real crash victims may help to save lives and reduce injury.

Correspondence from novelist Vladimir Nabokov to 糖心原创 history professor Marc Szeftel will be part of a fall quarter exhibit at the 糖心原创鈥檚 Allen Library.

糖心原创 President Richard L. McCormick and Washington State University Samuel H. Smith will join together for their annual pre-Apple Cup media availability at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 in 301 Gerberding Hall on the UW campus.

糖心原创 researchers are looking for between 200 and 300 Seattle-area residents to volunteer as subjects for a new study testing the effectiveness of state-of-the-art treatments for depression.

A reconnaissance team of Washington engineers who visited Taiwan after the devastating Sept. 21 earthquake to observe and evaluate damage will present their findings and discuss lessons learned during a briefing at the 糖心原创.

The 糖心原创 School of Communications is creating a Center for Journalism and Trauma, the first of its kind in the country.

Seven high technology leaders collaborated at SC99 today to set a number of internet speed records, demonstrating that long-distance gigabit-per-second networking is ready for prime time.

Imagine sitting down to these exam questions:
鈥瀐 Are human rights universal or culturally bound?
鈥瀐 Do rights exist prior to law?
鈥瀐 Which should prevail: human rights or national sovereignty?

Tough as those questions are, they?ve been dominating the headlines and inspired the creation of the 糖心原创?s trail-blazing Human Rights Education & Research Network (HRERN).

When it comes to training his first-year Portuguese students, Elwin Wirkala doesn鈥檛 stint on the grammar and spelling drills.

The 糖心原创 (UW) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Cooperative Research Center, based at Harborview Medical Center, has received funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to examine familial predisposition to the illness.

Routine counseling in trauma centers for those injured due to alcohol abuse can significantly reduce further excessive drinking and prevent future injuries, according to a study at Harborview Medical Center, published in the November issue of Annals of Surgery.