Health/Life Sciences – Page 46 of 57

Jun 18, 2018, 9:46 AM

Data platform behind Washington health insurance marketplace acquired by Quest Analytics

News Brief: BetterDoctor, a San Francisco healthcare technology company, announced Monday that it will be acquired by Wisconsin health data company… Read More

Jun 18, 2018, 8:58 AM

Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises seed funding for A/B testing system for doctors

Health technology startup MDMetrix has raised its first venture capital funds. The company raised just over $758,000 in seed funding,… Read More

Jun 13, 2018, 9:42 AM

One way to grow Seattle’s biotech economy: Start small

Despite some knock-out successes and world-class research, Seattle’s biotechnology industry has remained relatively small compared to other hubs around the… Read More

Jun 12, 2018, 9:45 AM

Brook.ai raises $4M seed round for diabetes management tech, announces new partnership

More than 100 million Americans are now living with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes and the disease’s health impacts, coupled… Read More

Jun 12, 2018, 5:00 AM

Seattle Children’s launches CureWorks, a project aimed at revolutionizing cancer treatment for kids

New cancer immunotherapies could revolutionize how we treat the disease, but for many children, those treatments are far out of… Read More

Jun 11, 2018, 11:02 AM

Gates Foundation’s new research institute officially opens, targeting malaria and other global diseases

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the top forces in global health philanthropy, is embarking on a new… Read More

Jun 11, 2018, 10:27 AM

Toughest job interview ever? How Buffett, Dimon and Bezos vet CEO hopefuls for new health venture

The new joint health venture by Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway may be the most challenging project in the… Read More

Jun 11, 2018, 5:00 AM

Fred Hutch takes over historic Lake Union Steam Plant building, adding significant wet lab space

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is expanding its South Lake Union campus with a notable Seattle landmark. The Hutch… Read More

Jun 8, 2018, 8:00 AM

‘Intersections of innovation:’ Madrona director Matt McIlwain named Fred Hutch chair as more tech execs join board

In Seattle’s South Lake Union — a short walk from Amazon’s headquarters and the offices of Facebook and countless other technology… Read More

Jun 7, 2018, 4:30 PM

Working Geek: Lizza Miller believes in the smart use of tech to make people healthier

“I’m still just floored by how little technology is actually used in the entire healthcare market,” said Lizza Miller, co-founder… Read More

Jun 6, 2018, 10:49 AM

Doctors Without Data: Why one MD founded a startup just to get metrics on his own patients

Dr. Dan Low loves his job. It shows in almost everything he does. Low is a pediatric anesthesiologist — he’s in… Read More

Jun 1, 2018, 11:00 AM

Study unveils impact of high drug costs: Cancer chemotherapy is twice as expensive in the U.S.

A new study from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found a huge price discrepancy between cancer care in… Read More

May 31, 2018, 5:00 AM

Fred Hutch becomes first Seattle organization in Lyft’s ‘Round Up & Donate’ program

Lyft, one of the top ridesharing programs in the U.S., announced Thursday that the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will… Read More

May 30, 2018, 5:00 AM

Biomanufacturing company AbSci raises $12M to scale synthetic biology platform

Vancouver, Wash.,-based biotechnology company AbSci has raised a chunk of new money. The company announced Wednesday that it has just… Read More

May 29, 2018, 3:48 PM

Healthcare startup Qliance files for bankruptcy, lists more than 100 creditors — including CEO’s new company

Qliance Medical Management — a Seattle-based healthcare startup that was embroiled in controversy when it suddenly shut its doors last year — has officially… Read More

May 29, 2018, 10:03 AM

Portland immunotherapy startup tops $10M in funding as it launches first clinical trial

In 2008, Emmanuel Akporiaye left a tenured position at the University of Arizona to move across the country and launch… Read More

May 25, 2018, 10:45 AM

Pre-clinical drug screening startup A-Alpha Bio wins first place at Univ. of Washington Business Plan Competition

Pharmaceutical companies spend a lot of money and time developing new drugs. Now a new startup created by a group of… Read More

May 22, 2018, 5:30 PM

Grail raises $300M for cancer detection tools, boosting total investment to $1.5B

News Brief: Grail, a biotech company with early backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, says… Read More

May 22, 2018, 2:21 PM

Seattle biotech journalist reaches summit of Mount Everest in bid to raise money for cancer research

Seattle biotech journalist Luke Timmerman reached new heights Tuesday in his efforts to raise awareness for cancer research by successfully… Read More

May 18, 2018, 11:28 AM

Microsoft partners with Case Western on quantum computing and Hololens tech that improves MRIs

MRIs are one of the most commonly used diagnostic tools, but the technology behind that imaging has remained largely the… Read More

May 17, 2018, 10:53 AM

Telehealth services save patients $100 per doctor’s visit, study finds, but they still have a PR problem

The U.S. has a huge healthcare problem. The country spends more per capita on healthcare than any other country in… Read More

May 17, 2018, 9:00 AM

How a robotic system that grows human organoids can help save real live humans

Good news, everybody: Robots can now create human mini-organs from stem cells. What could possibly go wrong? The method may… Read More

May 15, 2018, 11:56 AM

Ventec Life Systems raises $13M to scale one-of-a-kind portable life support device into new markets

Ventec Life Systems, the Seattle-area creator of a unique portable life support device, has raised another $13 million to… Read More

May 15, 2018, 11:07 AM

Nohla Therapeutics raises $45M, gets new HQ as it moves novel leukemia treatment closer to market

Seattle startup Nohla Therapeutics has raised another huge funding round as it moves its novel leukemia treatment closer to being… Read More

May 11, 2018, 10:42 AM

Tech vets launch MultiScale Health, aiming to ‘liberate’ healthcare data with real-time platform

Data is transforming every industry under the sun. Mountains of data let companies sell toothpaste, manage international logistics and support… Read More

May 9, 2018, 9:56 AM

Univ. of Washington spinout takes on $5.2B hospital scheduling problem with AI analytics

Hospitals have to solve a thousand logistical challenges every day, but perhaps none are more difficult than operating room schedules.… Read More

May 7, 2018, 9:18 AM

Microsoft partners with Fred Hutch to tackle chemotherapy side effects using new AI tech

For many cancer patients, living with the brutal side effects of chemotherapy is a daily struggle. More than half of… Read More

May 3, 2018, 10:32 AM

Health Tech Podcast: Using precision medicine to kill cancer — with artificial intelligence

In December of 2012, Su-In Lee was working at the University of Washington in Seattle. One day, she got the… Read More

May 2, 2018, 7:30 PM

Study finds AI algorithm can diagnose blindness-causing disease more accurately than doctors

Artificial intelligence is only getting more powerful. Today, we’re able to build computer programs that can master complex strategy games… Read More

May 2, 2018, 10:23 AM

Startup and researchers get $3.1M grant to bring personalized, cancer-fighting tech to patients

Every patient’s cancer is unique and every patient responds to cancer drugs differently. But right now, all patients with the… Read More