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Health/Life Sciences

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

Oct 2, 2024, 10:18 AM

Can AI cure cancer? New alliance unites tech giants and big research orgs in quest for breakthroughs

Four national cancer research organizations, spearheaded by Seattle’s Fred Hutch Cancer Center, will work together in an unprecedented alliance to… Read More

Sep 17, 2024, 8:59 AM

Athira Pharma laying off 49 employees, about 70% of workforce, as part of restructuring

Seattle-based biotech company Athira Pharma is laying off 49 people, or about 70% of its workforce, as part of cost-cutting… Read More

Sep 17, 2024, 6:00 AM

Seattle startup Arzeda raises $38M to create proteins for food, pharma, and other industries

Arzeda, a protein design startup that generates new enzymes for industrial, agricultural and other applications, announced a $38 million investment… Read More

Sep 10, 2024, 6:00 AM

Microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome lands $25M and hires former Amazon leader as COO

Viome, a company selling microbiome products and health diagnostics, announced Tuesday that it raised $25 million from investors and hired… Read More

Sep 4, 2024, 9:40 AM

Seattle’s Sonoma Biotherapeutics receives $45M milestone payment

Sonoma Biotherapeutics on Wednesday announced that it received a $45 million payment from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for meeting a significant milestone… Read More

Aug 20, 2024, 5:00 AM

Seattle biotech startup secures $11.2M to make drugs for ‘undruggable’ disease targets

Talus Bioscience on Tuesday announced $11.2 million in venture capital funding to advance its drug discovery program for hard-to-treat diseases.  … Read More

Aug 15, 2024, 8:26 AM

Alpenglow Biosciences lands new contracts to develop 3D pathology tech

Alpenglow Biosciences, a Seattle biotech startup that develops 3D spatial biology imaging technology, announced Thursday that it landed a $2… Read More

Aug 14, 2024, 8:14 AM

Inside the Seattle labs of Xaira, the AI-powered startup launched with $1B from investors

In a laboratory near downtown Seattle on the shores of Lake Union, Hetu Kamisetty is helping build what he says… Read More

Aug 2, 2024, 4:12 PM

Sana Biotechnology cuts the ribbon at new manufacturing facility near Seattle

Sana Biotechnology celebrated the beginning of a new chapter on its journey to make drugs that treat complicated diseases, cutting… Read More

Aug 1, 2024, 6:00 AM

Protein design startup Outpace lands $144M to test treatments that target solid tumors

Outpace Bio, a Seattle startup using artificial intelligence to design proteins that are incorporated into cancer therapies targeting solid tumors,… Read More

Comparison of simulated imagery, natural vs. artificial
Jul 29, 2024, 4:12 PM

Elon Musk’s claims about brain implants for artificial vision get a reality check

If Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain-implant venture succeeds in its effort to create next-generation brain implants for artificial vision, the devices… Read More

Jerome Lecoq
Jul 28, 2024, 9:12 AM

Allen Institute’s OpenScope team stirs up a brainstorm to study the mind’s mysteries

The Allen Institute’s OpenScope program lets scientists study the weird workings of the brain — for instance, how magic mushrooms work their… Read More

Jul 18, 2024, 11:30 AM

Seattle biotech startup Bonum upgrades offices, expands team in its pursuit of cancer drugs

Bonum Therapeutics is moving into new offices near Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood and plans to double its headcount in pursuit… Read More

Jul 17, 2024, 6:00 AM

Wellness startup Viome targets oral health with toothpaste and gel formulated via microbiome data

Viome, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wellness and diagnostics company, is putting its efforts around preventive healthcare and longevity where its mouth… Read More

Jun 19, 2024, 1:39 PM

Aurion Biotech gets FDA approval to speed development of vision restoring treatment

Seattle’s Aurion Biotech announced Wednesday that it received special designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that should speed… Read More

Jun 11, 2024, 2:30 AM

Cyrus Biotech spins out company to expand reach of versatile drug development software

Seattle startup Cyrus Biotechnology is spinning out a business that will expand access to the company’s software technology, with the… Read More

Jun 10, 2024, 8:10 AM

Providence created new gen AI tool in 18 days to speed and improve responses to patient messages

The ability to call your doctor’s office and speak to a live human appears to be a thing of the… Read More

Jun 4, 2024, 10:05 AM

NVIDIA and top VC firms invest in Vilya, a biotech spinout from Seattle’s Institute for Protein Design

Vilya, a biotech startup built off technology developed at the Seattle-based Institute for Protein Design, announced an expanded $71 million… Read More

Illustration: Stylized microchip incorporating the look of a whole-slide pathology image
May 22, 2024, 3:34 PM

Microsoft, Providence and UW make use of generative AI for digital cancer diagnosis

Researchers at Microsoft, Providence Health System and the University of Washington say they’ve developed a new artificial intelligence model for… Read More

May 21, 2024, 7:42 AM

A-Alpha Bio lands $14.5M from Department of Defense to prep for future biological threats

A-Alpha Bio will receive $14.5 million from the Department of Defense (DOD) to expand a project with a national lab… Read More

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