In 1972, the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, now Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute (PNDRI), was founded by Dr. William Hutchinson to ﾓcorrect manﾒs infirmities.ﾔ In 1960, Dr. Belding Scribner developed the prototype for the U-shaped Teflon tube now known as the “Scribner shunt.”

PNDRI was among the first private non-profit biomedical and clinical research institutes in the Northwest, and in 1972 helped establish the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.