#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Sharpe: Brain Deep
An effective Parkinson’s therapy, writes Elizabeth Sharpe, involves installing electrodes, wires, and a battery in a patient’s head and chest. Sounds drastic, but in UW Health Sciences NewsBeat, Elizabeth (@ebsharpe) writes that deep brain stimulation works for some...
Engel and Tompa: Hutch Stars
They’re not great female scientists, write Rachel Tompa and Mary Engel about six up-and-coming new investigators—they’re just plain great scientists. In a feature for Hutch Magazine, Rachel (@Rachel_Tompa) and Mary (@Engel140) talk to new women faculty members at Fred...
Keown: Immunotherapy Answers
The vice president has questions, Susan Keown has answers. Joe Biden recently visited Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as part of the National Cancer Moonshot initiative. Ahead of his visit, Susan (@sejkeown), writing for Hutch News, asked experts six questions...
Tachibana: Giraffe Uproar
Where do baby giraffes come from? Chris Tachibana reports, in The Scientist, that at Danish zoos, they result from relatively unrestricted breeding. In contrast, U.S. zoos tend to contracept (yes, it’s a word) their animals. @ChrisTachibana also discovered...
McElroy: How Little Ones Learn
What goes on in a baby’s head? asks Molly McElroy. Out of professional and maternal curiosity, Molly (@mwmcelroy) checks out the research on infant learning in a story for the University of Washington alumni magazine Columns. Basic research, outreach, policy...