July 18, 2018
Teaming Up on an Allergy Research Breakthrough
In 2010, Erik Wambre, PhD, made a discovery that had the potential to reshape how allergies are studied, diagnosed and treated. Researchers had always thought each allergy was caused by a different “bad guy” cell. But Dr.
July 12, 2018
Run, Bike, Swim – And Sign Up for a Biorepository at the Seafair Triathlon!
Are you competing in this year’s Benaroya Research Institute Seafair Triathlon? If so, you may know something about autoimmune disease – and what we’re doing to fight it.
June 19, 2018
Living with Lupus: Lori Carter’s Story
Lori Carter is a national sales manager, a personal health coach, a wife and a mom. Her life was moving a million miles an hour before she was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease, in April of 2013.
June 19, 2018
Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis: Building Community through Autoimmunity
What goes on in the bathroom isn’t always a comfortable topic of conversation. But if you’re one of the 1.6 million Americans living with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, you know that openness can be a good thing.
June 11, 2018
Benaroya Research Institute Seafair Triathlon Supports Research
The 2018 Benaroya Research Institute Seafair Triathlon, taking place on July 22 at Seward Park, offers participants multiple events on a picturesque course while raising funds and awareness for Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI).
June 7, 2018
Unsung Heroes in the Battle Against Type 1 Diabetes
The endocrinology doctors, nurses, and educators who geek out with us on basal rates. The researchers at places like Benaroya Research Institute, working relentlessly toward better treatments and preventions. The school nurses who keep our kids healthy and learning day after day.
May 23, 2018
Seattle’s Best Places to Eat and Drink with Celiac Disease
In the past decade or so, gluten-free (GF) diets have become extremely popular among the general public for various health and potential weight loss reasons.
May 17, 2018
Immune System Discovery: New Strategy May Stop Breast Cancer
BRI researchers Emma Kuan, PhD, and Steven Ziegler, PhD, have pinpointed how the protein, called thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), causes breast cancer tumors to survive and grow.
May 17, 2018
Living Well With Disease
Lauren remembers clearly the day she learned that her diseases were all autoimmune diseases. “I went to a talk by the former head of BRI, Dr.
May 17, 2018
Mystery Of Multiple Autoimmune Diseases
Lauren Lippincott is not yet 35 years old, yet she lives with five autoimmune diseases. She’s not alone. About 25 percent of people with autoimmune diseases have a tendency to develop additional autoimmune diseases.
