Health/Life Sciences – Page 19 of 58

Oct 19, 2021, 9:01 PM

Gates Foundation commits up to $120M to support access to new COVID-19 pill

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will provide up to $120 million to help lower-income countries access a new pill… Read More

Oct 19, 2021, 12:00 PM

Biotech boom: How life sciences emerged from ‘the doldrums’ in Seattle and Washington state

Leslie Alexandre has seen a lot from her perch surveying Washington state’s life sciences landscape. She is set to retire… Read More

Oct 19, 2021, 10:16 AM

Sana Biotechnology inks $50M deal for precise gene editing system from Beam Therapeutics

Sana Biotechnology has a new $50 million tool in its toolbox. Sana signed an agreement with Beam Therapeutics for non-exclusive… Read More

Oct 14, 2021, 3:21 PM

Cell therapy startup Immusoft lands deal with Takeda worth potentially more than $900M

Seattle-based cell therapy startup Immusoft will collaborate with pharma giant Takeda to develop treatments targeted to the central nervous system… Read More

Oct 12, 2021, 11:22 AM

Why this cephalopod expert is impressed with Seattle Kraken branding, as NHL team debuts on ice

With Seattle Kraken hockey franchise making its NHL debut Tuesday, a lot of people have cephalopods on their mind. That… Read More

Oct 7, 2021, 1:09 PM

Washington State U. lands $10M in effort to bolster nutrition and uptake of whole-grain foods

Washington State University has landed $10 million to increase the nutrient quality of whole-grain crops and help bring them to… Read More

Oct 7, 2021, 11:30 AM

Preventing the next pandemic: WSU will lead $125M global project to find, analyze animal viruses

Washington State University this week launched a new $125 million program to collect and analyze animal viruses with the aim… Read More

Oct 6, 2021, 12:42 PM

Allen Institute helps release comprehensive atlas of mammalian brain region

Scientists have released a trove of research comparing, cell by cell, a key region of the brains of humans, monkeys… Read More

Oct 6, 2021, 10:19 AM

Icosavax co-founder and UW researcher Neil King talks vaccine development in the ‘digital era’

We are now in the “digital era” of vaccine development, University of Washington researcher Neil King said at the GeekWire… Read More

Oct 2, 2021, 10:00 AM

Misinformation and vaccines: How public health messaging and experts can help curb distrust

When Howard Frumkin first started inviting speakers for a meeting held last week on the effects of the pandemic, he… Read More

Sep 29, 2021, 6:00 AM

Seattle healthcare data startup Truveta lands investment from Microsoft and forms partnership

Seattle-based Truveta will leverage Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to analyze health data under a new partnership with the software giant… Read More

Sep 28, 2021, 12:47 PM

Fred Hutch’s Trevor Bedford receives ‘genius grant’ for work on COVID and other viruses

In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as we desperately flailed for reliable information to comprehend what had previously… Read More

Sep 28, 2021, 9:36 AM

Amazon adds display in new $80 Halo View health band, skips mic, boosts free membership to a year

Amazon unveiled a new health band called Halo View, the second device from its Halo health-and-wellness initiative, and the first… Read More

Sep 28, 2021, 7:00 AM

Economists describe how the pandemic magnifies trends such as remote work and movement patterns

Economic shocks such as the pandemic accelerate existing societal trends. That was a recurring theme among economists and urban planners… Read More

Sep 27, 2021, 10:25 AM

Amazon Web Services launches $40M initiative that aims to reduce health inequities

Amazon Web Services will provide $40 million in credits and technical support over three years for organizations working to enhance… Read More

Sep 26, 2021, 11:30 AM

How disparities for women and minorities widened during the pandemic

The pandemic has hastened already-existing economic trends, such as the increase in remote work. But at the same time, it… Read More

Sep 22, 2021, 10:02 AM

Accolade doubles down on personalized mental health services with new offerings

Health benefits platform company Accolade is expanding its offerings to add two personalized services with an emphasis on mental health,… Read More

Sep 21, 2021, 11:01 AM

Providence spinout Xealth raises $24M to expand digital health services

Xealth, which handles digital health strategies for more than 20 hospital systems, has raised $24 million in new funding, the… Read More

Sep 21, 2021, 8:40 AM

Adaptive Biotechnologies’ new HQ: Co-founders show off 100K square-foot space in Seattle

After doubling its workforce during the pandemic, Adaptive Biotechnologies finally has room to grow. The company on Tuesday will cut… Read More

Sep 18, 2021, 8:40 AM

Life sciences startups in Eastern Washington find a welcoming ecosystem away from big cities

The biotech and healthtech community in Eastern Washington has a loyal base of startups that laud their local connections and… Read More

Sep 16, 2021, 3:07 PM

Seattle-area health officials to require vaccination proof for bars, restaurants, and other public venues

Faced with filling hospitals, serious infection rates and aggressive new COVID-19 variants, King County’s Department of Health will require proof… Read More

Sep 15, 2021, 3:37 PM

Alpine raises $91M to fuel the Seattle biotech’s clinical trials for lupus and cancer

Alpine Immune Sciences will move a potential treatment for immune conditions into human testing and support its ongoing trials for… Read More

Sep 14, 2021, 1:46 PM

Predicting weight loss: Study suggests gut bacteria may influence ability to shed pounds

A study led by Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology suggests that the composition of the bacteria in the gut may… Read More

Sep 13, 2021, 10:54 AM

Health software company Edifecs acquires Talix in deal to boost value-based care

Bellevue, Wash.-based health software company Edifecs has acquired Talix, a San-Francisco based startup that mines language in health data to… Read More

Sep 10, 2021, 4:20 PM

Seattle-area psychedelics startup CaaMTech raises $22M to advance to human testing

CaaMTech, a Seattle-area startup developing new psychedelic agents, has raised $22 million in funding, the company announced this week. The… Read More

Sep 10, 2021, 3:28 PM

Seattle startup RareCyte raises $24M to advance new high-speed cell imaging platform

Seattle-based startup RareCyte announced $24 million in new funding on Thursday to advance its applications for the analysis of cells.… Read More

Sep 9, 2021, 11:26 PM

University of Washington awarded $16M for ‘third phase’ of human genome research

University of Washington scientists will help decode how variations in DNA influence health and disease with $16 million in new… Read More

Sep 9, 2021, 3:26 PM

Seattle startup Cyrus inks protein-design deal with immune biotech Selecta worth up to $1.5 billion

Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology is entering a protein engineering collaboration with Boston-based Selecta Biosciences that could pull in up to $1.5… Read More

Sep 8, 2021, 6:00 AM

Gut check at Nordstrom: Retail giant to sell microbiome test from Seattle-area startup Viome

Nordstrom has paired up with Seattle-area startup Viome Life Sciences to sell kits that analyze the microbiome, the collection of… Read More

Sep 8, 2021, 5:00 AM

University of Washington spinout A-Alpha Bio snags $20M for protein-discovery platform

A-Alpha Bio will build lab space in downtown Seattle and beef up its machine learning team with $20 million in… Read More