Health/Life Sciences – Page 21 of 58

Jul 15, 2021, 7:12 PM

New protein folding technology from UW lab rivals DeepMind, promises to accelerate research

The lab of David Baker at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has released its application to solve… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 4:38 PM

AI2 spinout MajorBoost uses artificial intelligence to help medical providers deal with insurance calls

A new health-tech spinout from Seattle’s Allen Institute for AI (AI2) aims to reimagine how doctor’s offices and insurance companies… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 9:00 AM

Modulus, a cell therapy biotech incubated at the Allen Institute for AI, raises $3.5M

Modulus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based cellular therapy company spun out of the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI2), announced $3.5 million… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 8:54 AM

Are COVID-19 booster shots on the horizon? Here’s what researchers investigating the question say

With 70% of Washington residents age 16 and older having initiated their COVID-19 vaccine, the pandemic can feel, locally at… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 8:36 AM

Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience to build algae manufacturing plant in former bakery

Seattle-based biotech company Lumen Bioscience, which manufactures proteins in algae, will expand its manufacturing operations to a former bakery in… Read More

Jul 14, 2021, 1:39 PM

ProfoundBio, led by Seagen veterans and co-located in China and Seattle, raises $55M

ProfoundBio, based in Woodinville, Wash., and Suzhou, China, has raised $55 million in a Series A funding round to advance… Read More

Jul 13, 2021, 9:38 AM

Cancer care and research in Pacific Northwest to be streamlined under proposed reorganization

Cancer care and research in the Pacific Northwest may undergo a shift next year with a new partnership structure among… Read More

Jul 13, 2021, 5:00 AM

Seattle startup Truveta raises $95M for ambitious vision to aggregate data across healthcare systems

Seattle-based health data company Truveta today announced $95 million in fresh funding and the addition of three new participating healthcare… Read More

Jul 12, 2021, 10:13 AM

Filings reveal Amazon’s plan to use radar for ‘sleep tracing’ and touchless device control

Amazon plans to use radar to help people monitor their sleep and control their devices using gestures, a Federal Communications… Read More

Jul 9, 2021, 10:30 AM

New presidential order will push for net neutrality, limit large mergers, restrict non-compete clauses

In an effort to promote more business and labor competition, President Biden today will issue a sweeping executive order to… Read More

Jul 8, 2021, 7:42 AM

Naveen Jain’s microbiome startup Viome splits into consumer and research divisions

Bellevue, Wash.-based microbiome and RNA analysis company Viome, now called Viome Life Sciences, has split into two divisions: one focused… Read More

Jul 8, 2021, 7:00 AM

Absci’s IPO reflects booming biotech market and growing PNW life sciences industry

The upcoming public offering for Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company Absci reflects a soaring IPO market and adds to the growing… Read More

Jul 7, 2021, 10:57 AM

Seattle-based Icosavax, which is developing COVID-19 vaccines, files for IPO 4 years after launch

Seattle-based Icosavax has filed to go public via an IPO, just four years after it launched out of the University… Read More

Jul 6, 2021, 10:47 AM

Amazon launches at-home COVID-19 test kit for $39.99

Amazon has launched an at-home COVID-19 test kit for U.S. customers, the company announced today. Customers receive the nasal-swab kit… Read More

Jul 2, 2021, 10:58 AM

Seattle’s HDT Bio to start U.S. clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate

An experimental COVID-19 vaccine in development by Seattle-based HDT Bio will enter early-stage clinical trials in the U.S., the company… Read More

Jul 1, 2021, 10:58 AM

Seattle-based Vera Whole Health sells majority stake to private equity firm

Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice has acquired a majority stake in Seattle-based startup Vera Whole Health, the companies… Read More

Jun 30, 2021, 6:22 PM

Vancouver, Wash. biotech company Absci files to go public

Absci, a Vancouver, Wash.-based company developing technologies to accelerate the process of drug discovery, announced today that it plans to… Read More

Jun 29, 2021, 9:03 AM

Biotech firm Athira Pharma hit by class action lawsuits following image manipulation claims

The lawsuits have begun. Barely a week after the CEO of Athira Pharma was placed on temporary leave after allegations… Read More

Jun 25, 2021, 11:45 AM

Fred Hutch study: Mangling RNA may extend use of immunotherapy drugs

Experimental compounds that alter RNA boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy drugs against cancer cells and could potentially extend their use… Read More

Jun 25, 2021, 6:00 AM

Do we still need to wear masks? Making sense of mandates amid reopenings and rising variants

Some people don their mask for a walk, while others rip theirs off the minute they order a drink at… Read More

Jun 24, 2021, 4:28 PM

Gates Foundation gives $122M for Univ. of Washington study on monthly HIV pill

Researchers at the University of Washington will test a once-a-month pill to prevent HIV in women with a new $122… Read More

Jun 23, 2021, 8:09 AM

Univ. of Washington and Sana researchers use gene editing to prep stem cells for heart repair

Human stem cell scientists have long dreamed of repairing damaged hearts, but have been stymied by research showing that the cells… Read More

Jun 21, 2021, 7:49 AM

COVID-19 exposure app helped prevent thousands of cases in Washington state, new study shows

WA Notify, the COVID-19 exposure notification tool for Washington state, saved an estimated 40 to 115 lives and prevented between… Read More

Jun 18, 2021, 10:49 AM

Immunotherapy startup Umoja lands $210M, less than a year after raising $53M

New funding: Just seven months after announcing a $53 million Series A round, Umoja Biopharma has raised an additional $210… Read More

Jun 17, 2021, 4:53 PM

Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas placed on leave, shares sink more than 30%

Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas has been placed on temporary leave until the Seattle area biotechnology company completes a review… Read More

Jun 17, 2021, 8:53 AM

Mouse brains and more in 3D: Seattle microscopy startup lands $4M to visualize medical specimens

New funding: Lightspeed Microscopy, a Seattle startup spun out of the University of Washington, raised $4 million in a Series… Read More

Jun 9, 2021, 7:30 PM

Sujal Patel-led Nautilus Biotechnology goes public as it tackles ambitious plan to analyze proteins

Nautilus Biotechnology is emerging as Seattle’s newest publicly traded company this week, taking advantage of the mania over SPACs to… Read More

Jun 7, 2021, 4:46 PM

Approval of Biogen’s drug for Alzheimer’s disease may ease path for others such as Athira Pharma

The approval on Monday of the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly two decades — Biogen’s aducanumab —… Read More

Jun 7, 2021, 10:15 AM

Portland startup Gabbi raises $1M to develop breast cancer risk assessment tool

New funding: Gabbi, a Portland-based health care startup, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round of funding. The company… Read More

Jun 3, 2021, 3:43 PM

It’s worth a shot: Washington dangles tech gadgets, $1M prize and more to encourage COVID vaccines

YOU get an Xbox! YOU get an Echo! YOU get a Switch! … But did you get a shot? Step… Read More