The Allen Institute, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the University of Washington have launched a collaboration called the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, with the goal of using genetically modified… Read More
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Seattle-based Allen Institute, is launching a research center in New York to focus on interactions between the nervous system and… Read More
Nicole Magaki doesn’t just want to be a doctor. She wants to help doctors help more people. A 17-year-old from Des Moines, Wash., Nicole has long had an interest in… Read More
Rep. Suzan DelBene — a Washington Democrat representing a region renowned for its biotech sector — formed a new medical technology caucus this week. The caucus, launched in partnership with… Read More
Amazon plans to establish healthcare facilities for its warehouse workers and their families across the country. The company unveiled the plan Tuesday, starting with a clinic in the Dallas-Fort Worth… Read More
After a weeklong review of safety data, the World Health Organization announced today that it’s ending a “pause” in the use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine in an international clinical… Read More
Connie Wan is no different than any other parent who has struggled to get a little kid to take medication during a bout of sickness. She fumbled with syringes and… Read More
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of Seattle’s Allen Institute, is making a total of $7.5 million in awards to its latest class of five biomedical researchers. The… Read More
A new collaboration between Fujifilm SonoSite and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence aims to use AI to generate better interpretations of ultrasound images, opening the way for new applications and enhanced accuracy.… Read More
Whenever Justin Chan visited a hospital, he was surprised to see the physically large and expensive devices that are rolled around for various diagnostics. It was a seemingly ordinary observation,… Read More
Ten research teams today shared comprehensive scientific results from an unprecedented experiment to gauge the health differences that developed between an astronaut who spent nearly a year in space and… Read More
The richest people in the world are putting some of their fortunes toward finding a better way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Bill Gates and Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos are backing… Read More
Jalice May is a busy mom who works almost full-time at her church. On Sundays, she oversees the nursery during services at Tibbetts United Methodist in West Seattle. Throughout the… Read More
Seattle startup Proprio Vision wants to overhaul how surgeons see. At least, that’s the admittedly ambitious first step toward its larger, even more audacious goal of changing how medicine is delivered.… Read More
Although Steve Pergam grew up with parents who were both physicians, he was never pushed to be a doctor as a kid growing up in Omaha, Neb. He credits a… Read More
As a journalist, Luke Timmerman has covered biotech for more than 17 years. Now, the Timmerman Report founder is making headlines for his efforts to raise money for cancer research.… Read More
Medical researchers have restored the function of damaged hearts in macaque monkeys, using heart muscle cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. Now they want to do the same for… Read More
Good news, everybody: Robots can now create human mini-organs from stem cells. What could possibly go wrong? The method may sound like a nightmare from HBO’s AI thriller “WestWorld,” but… Read More
A California-based aerial delivery venture called Zipline has unveiled what it calls “the fastest commercial delivery drone on Earth,” capable of flying as fast as 80 mph (128 km/h). Sustained… Read More
Uber launched a new service Thursday designed to ferry patients to and from doctors’ appointments. The Uber Health dashboard allows healthcare providers and caregivers to request and schedule rides on… Read More
Millions of people around the world suffer from food allergies, but we still know very little about how those allergies develop and how we can prevent or treat them. A… Read More
A medical case reported today in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology proved the wisdom of all those warnings not to stare at the partly covered sun during August’s solar eclipse. Unfortunately,… Read More
Caroline Stefani has a cool job: She works at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason in Seattle, looking for new ways to treat diseases like multiple sclerosis and Type 1… Read More
Swatee Surve is reimagining the way patients manage chronic health conditions and keep their healthcare providers up-to-date. That’s the mission of her startup, Litesprite, which helps users manage illnesses with… Read More
Revalesio, a biomedical company headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., says it’s been cleared to benefit from federal incentives for the development of a drug that could help treat a neurodegenerative disease… Read More
University of Washington researchers have created a smartphone app that can let users screen themselves for pancreatic cancer and other diseases by taking a selfie. But not just any selfie.… Read More
There was a grab bag of interesting headlines this week, but we’ll start with a big change at one of the most recognized tech companies in the world: Microsoft. The… Read More
Amazon is on a mission to disrupt everything from retail to data storage to entertainment media, so it should come as no surprise that the Seattle tech titan has a… Read More
University of Washington researchers have found a way to activate cells in the retinas of adult mice to turn into new neurons – a recipe that eventually could lead to new… Read More
A stack of card-sized gizmos that test the effects of drugs, toxins and weightlessness on human kidney cells is due to take a ride to the International Space Station as… Read More