Health/Life Sciences – Page 42 of 57

Dec 6, 2018, 4:00 PM

Study: Global health ecosystem in Washington state is robust and growing, now employs 14,000 people

Washington state’s global health organizations employ more than 14,000 people and contributed about $8.8 billion to the state’s economy in… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 10:20 AM

Seattle biotech scores $67.5M to treat migraines and Parkinson’s with drugs delivered deep into the nasal cavity

Seattle-based biotech firm Impel NeuroPharma closed its latest round of funding, bringing in $67.5 million to develop treatments for central… Read More

Dec 4, 2018, 9:00 PM

Subscribe to your vitamins: Pillsy launches supplement service alongside smart pill bottles

Pillsy has launched a subscription service that works alongside the Seattle-based startup’s smart pill bottles, reminding users to take their supplements… Read More

Dec 1, 2018, 8:00 AM

Switch Healthcare aims to save employers money by helping their employees get healthy

Most people attend high school reunions to reminisce with old friends and check out the status of former girlfriends and… Read More

Nov 30, 2018, 11:30 AM

‘Imagine holding your own heart’: GE teams with U.S. Veterans Affairs in Seattle to accelerate 3D printing in health care

Dr. Beth Ripley would like you to know that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is way more innovative than… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 12:52 PM

Xealth brings e-commerce to the doctors office with new Amazon integration

Imagine a patient who is having knee surgery. The person’s doctor will prescribe medication for recovery, provide instructions for physical… Read More

Nov 28, 2018, 2:57 PM

Pixvana helps develop therapy in virtual reality aimed at kids dealing with depression and anxiety

https://vimeo.com/298293172 Inside the world of virtual reality, young people can learn how to cope with depression and anxiety by better… Read More

Nov 28, 2018, 2:01 PM

Human gene-editing experiment is put on hold in China amid international furor

The Chinese researcher behind a controversial experiment to produce gene-edited children took the stage at a Hong Kong conference to… Read More

Nov 27, 2018, 2:39 PM

Amazon unveils new service to mine and decode medical records using artificial intelligence

Sorting through and analyzing medical records is incredibly time-consuming, limiting the ability of patients, doctors and administrators to make connections and… Read More

Nov 26, 2018, 7:20 PM

Reports about gene-edited babies give birth to investigations in China and U.S.

Multiple investigations are being sought in the wake of reports that a Chinese laboratory facilitated the birth of twin girls… Read More

Nov 26, 2018, 2:51 PM

FDA approves unique, DNA-targeting cancer drug, potentially changing care for thousands

Today, Connor Pearcy is an average 7-year-old boy. He loves dinosaurs, Pokemon and tetherball — so much so that the… Read More

Nov 25, 2018, 10:14 PM

Chinese scientist says first gene-edited babies have been born in effort to fight HIV

A Chinese researcher says his lab facilitated the first birth of gene-edited children — twin girls who are said to possess… Read More

Nov 20, 2018, 10:51 AM

Seattle Genetics drug rides FDA fast-track to the front lines in fight against rare form of cancer

Seattle Genetics’ star cancer drug Adcetris has won Food and Drug Administration approval for treatment of a fast-growing type of… Read More

Nov 12, 2018, 2:36 PM

Company founded by U.S. Army vet develops cannabis-based products to help people struggling with pain

As the founder of G&G Laboratories, Mike Lui wants to help people who struggle with pain, such as veterans and… Read More

Nov 9, 2018, 2:59 PM

American Heart Association and Allen Institute select teams for brain campaign

Medical researchers know all about the blood-brain barrier, but Seattle’s Allen Institute and the American Heart Association have selected three… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 3:04 PM

Biomatics raises $300M to invest in health startups, adds Gates Foundation global health director

Biomatics Capital, a venture capital firm founded by two Seattle investors with close ties to philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates,… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 6:00 AM

Microsoft teams with Answer ALS, makes $1M donation to ambitious big data project

Several years ago, former football player Steve Gleason came to Microsoft with a challenge: develop technology to ease the effects… Read More

Nov 7, 2018, 4:37 PM

Madrona Venture Labs picks clinical management startup Invio as first company in new accelerator

Invio, a Seattle startup that helps speed up clinical trials for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, announced this week that it is… Read More

Nov 7, 2018, 3:50 PM

High-tech healthcare: Behind-the-scenes inside Kaiser Permanente’s automated lab and pharmacy

Automation technology is helping fill prescription orders and diagnose patient specimens much faster and safer than ever before. As part… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 1:15 PM

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center signs collaboration deal with Chinese genomics giant BGI

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and BGI, a giant in global genomics sciences, announced Tuesday that they are planning… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 9:10 AM

Smartphone stethoscope maker Steth IO launches AI assistant to help doctors detect heart problems

The stethoscope is an enduring symbol of medicine, but the long-serving tool isn’t actually as effective as you might think.… Read More

Nov 4, 2018, 8:00 AM

Geek on the Street: Would you want to live to 200, and would do you anything differently?

Health technology is hot. But there are mixed feelings about aging a century or more beyond the typical current human… Read More

Nov 2, 2018, 9:49 PM

National ‘All of Us’ campaign aims to enlist a million genomes for precision medicine

Eric Dishman is a living, breathing advertisement for the ambitious experiment he’s in charge of, the National Institutes of Health’s… Read More

Nov 1, 2018, 9:52 AM

Bristol-Myers Squibb will close its Seattle Zymogenetics operations next year

Zymogenetics, the Seattle-based pharmaceutical company owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb, will start the process of laying off workers and closing its… Read More

Nov 1, 2018, 9:17 AM

Steve and Connie Ballmer donate $20M to Seattle Children’s clinic that serves low-income families

Seattle Children’s Hospital announced Thursday that Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO, and his wife Connie Ballmer have made a… Read More

Oct 31, 2018, 12:03 PM

The Power of Personalized Medicine: How tech is unlocking a new way of thinking about health

There have been a number of astronomical shifts in medicine over the centuries, from the discovery of antibiotics to the… Read More

Oct 30, 2018, 6:00 AM

Healthcare tech startup 98point6 raises $50M, led by Goldman Sachs, to expand its ‘virtual clinic’

98point6, a Seattle-based startup developing an entirely virtual primary care service, has raised $50 million in a round led by… Read More

Oct 30, 2018, 12:01 AM

Allen Frontiers Group awards $13.5M for research on cancer, cells, aging and brains

It’s notable that the newest class of Allen Distinguished Investigators, announced today by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, includes… Read More

Oct 29, 2018, 3:00 PM

SEngine Precision Medicine raises $3M, adds former Fred Hutch president to board

SEngine Precision Medicine, a startup working to personalize cancer treatment, has raised $3 million in new funding and added… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 10:48 AM

Celgene CEO: Treating cancer is becoming ‘ironically easy’ — now the problem is affordability

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Cancer treatments have improved astronomically in the past few decades. But as more patients overcome the disease,… Read More