July 19, 2017
Why is Inflammatory Bowel Disease on the Rise?
There are more than 1 million people affected with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the United States — about equally distributed between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. However, the IBD “map” has changed substantially in the last half century throughout the world.
July 13, 2017
Building a Lab and a Biorepository
For Bernard Khor, MD, PhD, scientific research has a distinct connection with another one of his passions: food. “Part of the reason I like food is that I think chefs have a lot in common with scientists,” he says.
June 30, 2017
Welcome to our Blog
We started this blog to bring more awareness and understanding of autoimmune disease, which is so common, yet often so misunderstood. According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, only 13 percent of Americans can name one autoimmune disease!
June 30, 2017
Autoimmune Disease: The Enemy Within
Every day, more than 23 million Americans are affected by autoimmune disease. There are over 80 varieties, some of which you may have heard of: rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, celiac disease, type I diabetes, alopecia, thyroid disease, psoriasis, and multiple sclerosis.
February 1, 2017
Discovery of a Commonality in Autoimmune Disease
BRI scientists are now discovering a new, exciting commonality between autoimmune diseases. This research points to an early event that drives the development of autoimmunity and which could be targeted by new therapies.
January 1, 2017
Wimpress Family Battles Diabetes, Supports Research
In the 1950s, when Jack Wimpress, a talented Boeing aerodynamics engineer, and his late wife, Doris, a dedicated nurse, began their family, they were a statistical anomaly. “Three out of four of our children developed type 1 diabetes,” says Jack. “Everyone told us that this wasn’t possible.”
December 8, 2016
All In For Research
Indigo Philo was a freshman in college when she began to get painful stomach cramps and an overwhelming sense of urgency to go to the bathroom.
December 1, 2016
Leading a New Center for Asthma and Allergy Research
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded BRI an $8 million grant to lead the center—a collaboration of researchers from BRI, UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
November 1, 2016
New Approaches to Eliminating RA
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) is waging a comprehensive fight against rheumatoid arthritis (RA). “During the last 15 years, treatments for RA have improved enormously with new therapies,” says BRI President Jane Buckner, MD, who is leading this work.
October 1, 2016
Critical Discovery in Peanut Allergy
Scientists at Benaroya Research Institute recently discovered a critical pathway in peanut allergy that may extend to other food allergies.
