30 Years On, Veterans Recall the Desert Storm Air War
Mark Fox poses in a Hornet with the USS Saratoga in the background a few days after his battle with an Iraqi MiG. (Photo courtesy of Mark Fox)
21 Jan 2021 The War Horse | By Kelly Kennedy
During the first daytime airstrike of Desert Storm, Mark Fox flew out with about 30 airplanes that launched at once from an aircraft carrier, looking for the Scuds used to terrorize U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia.
It was a brilliantly blue day, sun glancing off sea and sand, and Fox flew alongside planes that would keep his F/A-18 Hornet and the bombs he carried safe.
Seattle biotech startup AltPep raises $23.1M to tackle Alzheimer’s and related diseases
January 14, 2021 at 3:54 pm
Valerie Daggett, founder and CEO of AltPep. (UW Photo)
AltPep, a Seattle-based biotech startup tackling amyloid protein disorders, has raised $23.1 million in a Series A funding round.
The venture spun out the University of Washington in March 2019. Its founder and CEO is Valerie Daggett, a longtime professor in the Department of Bioengineering in the College of Engineering.
AltPep is developing tools and treatments for diseases caused by amyloid proteins that are incorrectly folded and create harmful deposits. These deposits can lead to numerous amyloid diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, type-2 diabetes, some kinds of drug-resistant bacterial infections, and dozens more.
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