Posts Tagged ‘University Of Washington’

Hope Solo says she had ‘too much muscle’ to win ‘DWTS’

Monday, November 28th, 2011
Former University of Washington soccer star Hope Solo said she had “too much muscle” to win “Dancing with the Stars” and was frustrated by the constant criticism of her physique. During an appearance on Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show “Anderson,” Solo said she thought the judges had it out for her and that it was a feat just to make it to the semifinals. “I was told I had too much muscle and ...

New scaffold supports growth, integration of stem cell-derived cardiac muscle cells

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
These days people usually don't die from a heart attack. But the damage to heart muscle is irreversible, and most patients eventually succumb to congestive heart failure, the most common cause of death in developed countries.Stem cells now offer hope for achieving what the body can't do: mending broken hearts. Engineers and physicians at the University of Washington have built a scaffold that ...