Florida prepares for Tropical Storm Fred and tropical depression Grace

Florida prepares for Tropical Storm Fred and tropical depression Grace

Florida could face Tropical Storms Fred and Grace in a matter of days. Fred is expected to hit land in the western Florida Panhandle on Monday afternoon or evening. Grace could hit parts of the southeastern US with heavy rains and high winds by the end of the week. A tropical storm warning was in … Read more

Tropical storms Fred, Grace roar through Caribbean, eye Florida

Tropical storms Fred, Grace roar through Caribbean, eye Florida

Most of the Florida Panhandle was issued a tropical storm warning on Sunday as the remains of Fred targeted the coast and tropical storm Grace threatened to follow suit later in the week. Fred, who regained tropical storm status early Sunday, could blow up parts of the panhandle with up to a foot of rain … Read more

Tropical Storm Fred forms in Atlantic with Florida in forecast path

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image shows tropical storm Fred near Puerto Rico late Tuesday.

Fred would be the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The probability that the fault will develop into a tropical storm is 90% within 48 hours. Most of Florida remains in the system’s five-day forecast cone. SARASOTA, Florida – Tropical Storm Fred developed south of Puerto Rico late Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center … Read more

Fred Hutch study: Mangling RNA may extend use of immunotherapy drugs

Fred Hutch study: Mangling RNA may extend use of immunotherapy drugs

Fred Hutch computer biologist Robert Bradley. (Fred Hutch photo) Experimental compounds that alter RNA increase the effectiveness of immunotherapeutic drugs against cancer cells and could potentially extend their use to more patients, suggests a study in mice at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Immunotherapeutic agents called checkpoint inhibitors, which induce the immune system to … Read more

New high-tech lab at Fred Hutch creates 3D maps of proteins to aid therapeutics and vaccine research

New high-tech lab at Fred Hutch creates 3D maps of proteins to aid therapeutics and vaccine research

Assistant Professor Melody Campbell prepares a sample in the Cryo-EM Laboratory for Shared Resources at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. (Fred Hutch photo) Dr. Melody Campbell was an undergraduate student when she first noticed the beauty and power of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a technique that uses extreme temperatures and an electron … Read more