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Health/Life Sciences

Feb 27, 2020, 8:00 AM

Portland startup aims to treat opioid addiction with tech as it raises $10.5M and partners with Premera

In taking on the opioid epidemic, one of the biggest challenges in U.S. health care today, Stephanie Papes is facing… Read More

Feb 19, 2020, 2:48 PM

Scientists create atomic-scale map of coronavirus’ deadly weapon, pointing out a path to fighting it

Biochemists have created the first 3-D, atomic-scale map of key proteins in the killer coronavirus, opening up new possibilities for… Read More

Feb 18, 2020, 10:52 AM

Vote for Health Innovation of the Year: Tech and life sciences unite at the 2020 GeekWire Awards

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Technology is increasingly influencing the science… Read More

Feb 14, 2020, 3:29 PM

Bill Gates warns that coronavirus impact could be ‘very, very dramatic,’ outlines long-term solutions

Bill Gates spoke with broad optimism about the potential for technology to address some of the globe’s biggest challenges, but… Read More

Feb 11, 2020, 6:59 AM

Cardiac Insight raises $8M as sales of its wearable heartbeat sensor spike 100%

Cardiac Insight, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that makes lightweight disposable electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors and software to monitor patients’ heartbeats, has… Read More

Feb 10, 2020, 12:01 AM

What Bill and Melinda Gates learned giving out $53.6B over 20 years, and what they’re doing next

Over the past two decades, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given out $53.6 billion, most of it seeking… Read More

HIV trial vaccination
Feb 3, 2020, 10:34 AM

Researchers halt ‘ineffective’ HIV vaccine trial led by Fred Hutch with Gates Foundation backing

A three-year-long clinical trial of an HIV vaccine in South Africa, funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates… Read More

Amazon HQ
Jan 29, 2020, 4:13 PM

Amazon and Microsoft restrict employee travel to China as tech giants react to spread of coronavirus

Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants are restricting employee travel to and from China in the wake of concern over… Read More

Jan 29, 2020, 12:22 PM

New UW center to match biomedical discoveries with resources to help bring products to market

The University of Washington is launching a new center intended to match biomedical discoveries and technologies with the resources needed… Read More

Jan 29, 2020, 9:30 AM

Microsoft launches $40M initiative to solve global health challenges with AI

Microsoft launched a major health research initiative Wednesday to address some of the medical world’s most confounding challenges using artificial… Read More

Jan 29, 2020, 8:29 AM

Ventec Life Systems raises $20M for multi-function ventilator

Ventec Life Systems has raised more than $20 million to fuel commercialization of its unique portable ventilator. The Bothell, Wash.-based… Read More

Jan 27, 2020, 12:44 PM

Robot is helping to treat man with coronavirus in special isolation room at hospital north of Seattle

The man being treated for what was initially the first known case of coronavirus in the United States is being… Read More

Jan 13, 2020, 8:19 AM

Seattle healthcare tech company SCI Solutions acquired for $190M

SCI Solutions, a Seattle company that operates an online marketplace for patients and healthcare providers, just got acquired for $190… Read More

Jan 9, 2020, 4:58 AM

Healthcare tech company Accolade reportedly hires banks ahead of potential IPO

Accolade is taking steps toward going public later this year, according to a new report. CNBC reported that the healthcare… Read More

DNA evolutionary tree
Jan 7, 2020, 8:32 PM

Scientists link mysterious snippets of DNA to cell growth and tumor suppression

Why do some strings of genetic code remain virtually unchanged despite tens of millions of years of evolutionary divergence? A… Read More

Jan 7, 2020, 9:18 AM

Fred Hutch names Thomas Lynch new president: ‘We’re going to make remarkable leaps’

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found its next leader, announcing Tuesday that Dr. Thomas J. Lynch Jr. will… Read More

Jan 7, 2020, 5:30 AM

TwinStrand raises $16M from Madrona and others for next-gen DNA sequencing, promising early cancer detection and other breakthroughs

TwinStrand Biosciences, a Seattle startup developing next-generation DNA sequencing technology that promises to lead to early cancer detection, rapid identification… Read More

He Jiankui
Dec 30, 2019, 3:00 PM

Chinese scientist who led first gene-editing experiment on babies gets 3 years in jail

Chinese researcher He Jiankui, who stirred up a global controversy last year when he said his experiment produced twin baby… Read More

Dec 16, 2019, 8:00 AM

Movie-watching mice pose a mystery for brain scientists: What are all those neurons doing?

For years, neuroscientists have been monitoring the brain activity of mice as they looked at a wide range of images… Read More

Dec 9, 2019, 8:00 AM

Thin metal films loaded with immune cells show promise as cancer therapy

Researchers at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have demonstrated the effectiveness of a new method for getting immune cells… Read More

Feng Zhang
Dec 2, 2019, 4:32 PM

Cyrus Biotechnology and CRISPR pioneers team up to boost gene-editing therapies

Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology says it’ll collaborate with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on ways to optimize CRISPR gene-editing… Read More

Nov 28, 2019, 8:54 AM

Naveen Jain’s microbiome startup Viome is raising more cash

New funding: Seattle-area wellness startup Viome is raising more cash. A new SEC filing indicates that the company raised $36.4… Read More

Nov 26, 2019, 9:00 AM

Portland medtech company Sonivate raises cash for ‘ultrasound by touch’ devices

New funding: Medical device startup Sonivate is raising cash to fund its efforts to make ultrasound devices that fit on… Read More

Nov 25, 2019, 8:45 AM

Concure Oncology raises cash for breast cancer treatment that uses radioactive seeds

New funding: Concure Oncology is raising investment for its Breast Microseed treatment, which helps to prevent breast cancer from recurring.… Read More

Nov 22, 2019, 6:29 PM

Backed by Bill Gates, TerraPower branches out into radioisotopes for cancer treatment

TerraPower, the nuclear research venture founded by Bill Gates, is joining with Isotek Systems and the U.S. Department of Energy… Read More

Nov 22, 2019, 6:00 AM

KitoTech lands $1.5M for skin-healing ‘microstaple’ bandage

New funding: Seattle startup KitoTech Medical raised $1.5 million as part of a convertible note round to fund the development… Read More

Nov 21, 2019, 6:00 AM

Stealthly startup Yor Labs raises cash for AI-powered handheld ultrasound system

New funding: Portland, Ore.-based startup Yor Labs raised $3.3 million to fund the development of a lightweight ultrasound system powered… Read More

Dog Aging Project
Nov 14, 2019, 4:00 AM

Scientists put out the call for 10,000 canines to join the Dog Aging Project

Scientists are looking for 10,000 good dogs to take part in a 10-year effort aimed at tracking their health and… Read More

Nov 12, 2019, 5:06 PM

University of Washington joins $106M ‘Weill Neurohub’ effort to fight brain diseases

The University of Washington, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco are launching a research network aimed at finding new treatments… Read More

Nov 12, 2019, 3:42 PM

Adaptive Biotechnologies beats estimates with Q3 revenue of $26.1M as shares rise 6%

Adaptive Biotechnologies‘ stock rose 6 percent to $30 per share in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company reported higher… Read More

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