Machine can quickly produce needed cells for cancer treatment
A bioreactor developed by WSU researchers to rapidly grow cancer-killing white blood cells could advance the availability of immunotherapy.
Health & Medicine
New pathway for psychology students to help reverse state’s mental health care shortage
The program enables students to receive their bachelor’s in psychology and professional pharmacy degree in just seven years.
Requests for disability accommodations up at WSU
The number of WSU students requesting accommodation for disabilities, such as anxiety and depression, is about 25% higher this fall compared with a year ago.
Gleason Institute helps users experience the joy of adaptive gaming
The institute holds gaming night sessions twice a month to give people with disabilities a place to try out technologies to see what works best for them.
WSU helping increase diversity of scientists conducting Native health research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $6 million in funding for WSU to lead two Native health training programs.
WSU receives grant to promote rural vaccination education
The funding will help researchers continue a vaccine science education project that includes a WSU-developed online toolkit currently in use across the nation.
Protein found that may hold key to preventing a tick-borne disease
New WSU research has pinpointed a protein that appears to play a role in how a harmful bacteria establishes itself in ticks before being transmitted to human hosts.
NIH-grant funds research on hearing side-effects from medications
A $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help WSU researchers determine if new drugs used to treat COVID‑19 may be linked to hearing loss.
Cougar Health Services earns three-year accreditation
Following a months-long review, CHS has been reaccredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
Lesser-known brain cells may be key to staying awake without cost to cognition, health
New animal research suggests that little-studied brain cells known as astrocytes are major players in controlling sleep need.
