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Health/Life Sciences

Mar 31, 2025, 10:47 AM

Scientists use AI to identify animal populations most likely to spread diseases to humans

Avian flu, mad cow disease, hantavirus, black plague and other notorious ailments originated with animals and made the jump to… Read More

Mar 25, 2025, 9:04 AM

Seattle startup Xealth lands investment to grow its digital healthcare delivery platform

Seattle health tech startup Xealth today announced new funding from Morningside Ventures. The investment will help the company’s development of… Read More

Mar 24, 2025, 9:15 AM

Cardiac Dimensions lands $53M to fund research and expansion of heart valve technology

Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million from investors.… Read More

Mar 21, 2025, 8:05 AM

Google research scientist with UW ties designs ‘Loss of Pulse Detection’ feature for smartwatch

In a race against time, a smartwatch might be the best defense. More specifically, the time concern is the loss… Read More

Mar 18, 2025, 1:25 PM

GeekWire Awards: Health Innovation of the Year field is dominated by finalists battling cancer

The GeekWire Awards finalists for Health Innovation of the Year are dominated by ventures that aim to outwit cancer with… Read More

Mar 8, 2025, 7:45 AM

Researchers, politicians rally for science in Seattle as part of national protest against Trump cuts

Physician-scientist Chetan Seshadri wasn’t planning to speak at Stand Up for Science in Seattle, one of more than 30 rallies… Read More

Mar 7, 2025, 10:14 AM

Newborn jaundice detection tool wins grand prize at University of Wash. health innovation challenge

A trio of students from the University of Washington won the grand prize at the UW’s Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge… Read More

Mar 6, 2025, 7:00 AM

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology lands $10M to support ‘DNA Typewriter’ technology

The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is receiving a $10 million grant to support the training of new scientists and… Read More

Mar 5, 2025, 8:13 AM

I was biohacked at a fitness facility that uses AI and more to promote a smarter, not harder, workout

Artificial intelligence is already doing some heavy lifting for us at work. Now the technology is being used to help… Read More

Mar 3, 2025, 10:58 AM

Newly launched Seattle cancer therapy startup Callio Therapeutics raises $187M

Biotech-focused investment firm Frazier Life Sciences has launched Callio Therapeutics, a cancer treatment startup with headquarters in Seattle and Singapore.… Read More

Feb 27, 2025, 11:28 AM

Nautilus CEO needs investor patience in pursuit of ‘incredibly ambitious’ biotech product

Nautilus Biotechnology CEO Sujal Patel had to deliver tough news on a Thursday morning call with analysts. The company has laid off… Read More

Feb 27, 2025, 6:50 AM

Nautilus Biotechnology lays off 16% of workforce, plans release of commercial platform in 2026

Nautilus Biotechnology has laid off about 16% of its workforce, reducing its headcount to 133 employees and helping provide a… Read More

Feb 18, 2025, 4:28 PM

‘Chilling, dramatic, horrific’: Fred Hutch leader warns of harm from Trump’s proposed funding cuts

Leaders and researchers at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center didn’t mince words on Tuesday when describing the potential impact of… Read More

Feb 17, 2025, 3:48 PM

AI will transform parts of healthcare — but slow adoption and sales cycles could impede startups

The rise of generative AI and other automation technologies will surely create efficiencies within the $4.5 trillion healthcare industry. But… Read More

Feb 14, 2025, 9:53 AM

Seattle global health nonprofit PATH cutting workforce after federal funding freeze

Seattle-based global health nonprofit PATH announced this week that it is reducing its workforce in response to Trump administration efforts… Read More

Feb 11, 2025, 9:59 AM

Kestra Medical Technologies, maker of wearable cardiac devices, files for IPO

Kestra Medical Technologies, a Kirkland, Wash.-based company selling cardiac monitoring and therapeutic devices, filed for an initial public offering on… Read More

Feb 5, 2025, 3:11 PM

Dopl Technologies raises $1.5M to fuel mission of delivering telerobotic care to underserved areas

Dopl Technologies, a Seattle startup working to bring diagnostic exams and interventional procedures to underserved communities via telerobotics, raised $1.5… Read More

Jan 31, 2025, 6:00 AM

Trump’s push to freeze funding leaves researchers anxious about delayed scientific breakthroughs

When Luca Foschini, head of Seattle’s Sage Bionetworks, described the impact of the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze federal grants… Read More

Jan 22, 2025, 9:44 AM

Ro Health, provider of health services for special needs students, backed by L.A. private equity firm

Seattle-based clinical staffing provider Ro Health landed investment from LightBay Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, to fuel growth,… Read More

Jan 13, 2025, 1:13 PM

I made the call to get my kid a smartphone — here’s how it’s going, and why it makes me kind of sad

Quick, take a picture of me — you’re looking at the hero of Christmas! Better yet, let’s have my 6th-grade… Read More

Jan 13, 2025, 7:43 AM

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project

Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in fresh funding and an ambitious new initiative to create a giant genomic… Read More

Jan 12, 2025, 5:00 PM

Seattle biotech startup Tune Therapeutics lands $175M to support clinical research

Tune Therapeutics, a biotech company with headquarters in Seattle and Durham, N.C., raised $175 million in one of the largest… Read More

Jan 7, 2025, 10:07 AM

Seattle genomics startup Variant Bio signs deal with Novo Nordisk worth up to $50M

Variant Bio today announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk for disease research and development that could total $50 million for… Read More

Dec 26, 2024, 8:25 AM

Startup led by Seattle doctors gets FDA approval for virus-killing, surgical mask technology

COVID-19, at the moment, might feel safely in the rearview mirror. But other respiratory viruses and bacterial-caused walking pneumonia are… Read More

Nov 25, 2024, 7:00 AM

Former Amazon Care leader raises $3.5M for startup offering virtual support for caregivers

When my ailing 86-year-old dad refused food and water last winter, the guidance from his longtime primary care doctor was… Read More

Nov 14, 2024, 9:00 AM

Prenuvo opens Seattle clinic for full-body MRI scans pitched as a proactive health measure

Prenuvo, providers of full-body MRI screenings designed to detect cancer and other diseases early, announced the opening and location of… Read More

Archon Biosciences co-founders James Lazarovits and George Ueda
Oct 30, 2024, 4:10 AM

Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth with $20M to create tiny ‘Antibody Cages’

Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize, the latest venture to spin out from… Read More

Oct 11, 2024, 7:00 AM

How do I delay getting my kid a smartphone? Doctor behind ‘Screenagers’ films offers advice

I’m lucky to be here writing this. If it’s possible to be eye-rolled off the planet, I nearly suffered that… Read More

Oct 9, 2024, 10:45 AM

University of Washington’s David Baker wins Nobel Prize for designing proteins

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than… Read More

Oct 2, 2024, 5:27 PM

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower Isotopes produces rare, radioactive ingredient sought for cancer drugs

Nearly a decade ago, radio chemists at the nuclear power startup TerraPower saw a promising opportunity in radioactive waste from… Read More

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