Health/Life Sciences – Page 50 of 58

Dec 11, 2017, 10:45 AM

Study finds differences between adult and childhood leukemia, calls for developing age-specific cancer treatments

A study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, with contributions from researchers across North America, has found stark differences… Read More

Dec 10, 2017, 3:09 PM

Report: Providence considering merger that would create the biggest health system in the country

News Brief: Seattle-based Providence St. Joseph Health and St. Louis-based Ascension Health are in talks about a potential merger, according… Read More

Dec 7, 2017, 5:30 PM

How seconds of staring at the solar eclipse led to a world of hurt for one woman

A medical case reported today in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology proved the wisdom of all those warnings not to stare… Read More

Dec 7, 2017, 2:39 PM

FDA announces new guidelines for regulating medical software

News Brief: The Food and Drug Administration released new guidance for developers making medical software Thursday, clarifying which kinds of… Read More

Dec 7, 2017, 10:53 AM

CVS, Amazon and the ‘mass freak-out’: How tech is reshaping the healthcare industry

In October, something fairly normal happened: CNBC reported that Amazon might disrupt yet another industry, pharmaceuticals. The tech giant was… Read More

Dec 6, 2017, 10:30 AM

UW, Seattle Children’s and Fred Hutch launch $50M Institute for Precision Medicine, using genetics to revolutionize health

When the Human Genome Project launched in 1990, it was a scientific undertaking unlike anything the world had seen. Building… Read More

Dec 5, 2017, 2:30 AM

Feeling blue? Biotech startup raises $13M to create ‘natural’ color pigments using algae

We all love a splash of color in our lives, but we seldom realize the technology that goes into the… Read More

Dec 4, 2017, 11:36 AM

Amazon’s flirtation with pharmaceuticals may have driven CVS to acquire health insurer Aetna for $69B

CVS is buying one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, Aetna, for $69 billion, and analysts and observers say… Read More

Dec 3, 2017, 9:00 AM

With $1M in funding, Phase Genomics looks to crack genetic codes and discover unknown bacteria

Bacteria lurk pretty much anywhere you look, in numbers and varieties worthy of a horror movie. The challenge for scientists… Read More

Dec 1, 2017, 12:45 PM

Seattle Genetics COO taking the reins at stealthy biotech startup Silverback Therapeutics

Eric Dobmeier, the longtime COO at public biotech company Seattle Genetics, is stepping down from his role to become CEO… Read More

Nov 29, 2017, 1:42 PM

Arzeda raises another $3.2M for synthetic biology that uses fermentation to build new materials

Arzeda does work that sounds out of this world — or maybe straight out of science fiction. The company uses fermentation,… Read More

Nov 29, 2017, 10:46 AM

Biotech startup scores $20M to develop drug that triggers the immune system to fight cancer

Mavupharma, a biotech startup based in Kirkland, Wash., announced Wednesday that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding… Read More

Nov 24, 2017, 1:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: GrailAI hopes to use AI to detect cancer’s most subtle red flags

Anand Prakash is taking an unexpected path toward building GrailAI, a startup that he recently launched to fight cancer. He’s… Read More

Nov 22, 2017, 10:48 AM

RightSciences raises cash to develop cannabis and hemp-based medicinal patches

Amid all the hype for recreational marijuana use, it’s easy to forget that cannabis and its related plants are also… Read More

Nov 21, 2017, 1:00 PM

Klatu Networks raises $1 million for predictive IOT platform that protects medical samples

Klatu Networks has a very niche market: The company makes IoT technology that keeps millions of medical samples and treatments… Read More

Nov 20, 2017, 4:16 PM

Health tech startup spins out of Univ. of Washington, aims to make surgery more efficient with data science

The University of Washington added yet another startup to its growing list of spinouts Monday: Perimatics, a health technology company… Read More

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Nov 17, 2017, 5:06 PM

Intellectual Ventures’ Global Good teams up with Motic on AI-powered microscope

For years, the Global Good Fund has been working on a malaria-hunting microscope powered by artificial intelligence, and now China-based… Read More

Nov 17, 2017, 10:40 AM

Inside Seattle Children’s landmark $1B campaign to cure childhood cancer and other diseases

It’s an exciting time to be studying cures for cancer. New technology like cutting-edge immunotherapy treatments are opening doors to… Read More

Nov 16, 2017, 6:00 AM

New immunotherapy study aims to prevent children with leukemia from relapsing

When scientists at Seattle Children’s Research Institute began studying a new immunotherapy cancer treatment a few years ago, they found… Read More

Nov 15, 2017, 1:48 PM

Seattle Children’s launches $1 billion campaign with plans to build new immunotherapy research center

Seattle Children’s, a hospital and research institute focused on curing childhood diseases, is kickstarting the biggest campaign in its 110-year… Read More

Nov 13, 2017, 12:22 PM

Research groups awarded $48M to boost treatments and prevention of infectious diseases

The Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID) announced Monday that it and its sister research group will receive… Read More

Nov 13, 2017, 6:02 AM

Bill Gates commits $100 million to fight Alzheimer’s

Bill Gates has invested billions of his personal wealth to fight polio, malaria and other devastating diseases in the emerging… Read More

Nov 10, 2017, 10:09 AM

CuePath raises $1.8M for smart medication organizer and monitoring system

CuePath is raising cash for its smart medication system that helps patients keep track of their pill dosages and timing.… Read More

Nov 7, 2017, 10:25 AM

Immunotherapy is safe for those with HIV, study says, opening new treatments to patients in need

People with HIV or AIDS are at a much higher risk of developing and dying from cancer — in fact, cancer… Read More

Nov 6, 2017, 9:50 AM

How virtual reality is helping scientists make new discoveries about our health

Caroline Stefani has a cool job: She works at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason in Seattle, looking for new… Read More

Nov 4, 2017, 6:11 PM

Bay-Area biotech startup Zymergen opens Seattle office, signaling big growth plans in the city

Seattle is the second home to yet another startup based in the San Francisco area. That company is Zymergen, a… Read More

Nov 2, 2017, 6:42 PM

Intellectual Ventures’ malaria-hunting AI microscope is ready for commercial debut

SAN FRANCISCO — Can artificial intelligence help battle malaria and other infectious diseases? Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold says it’s time… Read More

Nov 1, 2017, 3:30 PM

Juno finds clinical success with cancer drug, beats analyst expectations with $44M in revenue

Juno Therapeutics, the Seattle-based biotech company developing immunotherapy cancer treatments, unveiled promising new data from a study on its flagship… Read More

Nov 1, 2017, 1:32 PM

Health Tech Podcast: ‘The Quadfather’ has a message for techies — accessibility ‘should not be an add-on’

Todd Stabelfeldt is a pretty chill dude. He lives 90 minutes from Seattle by ferry, in a home with his… Read More

Nov 1, 2017, 12:07 PM

Frazier Healthcare Partners raises $419M for life science venture fund, signaling huge interest in health investment

The U.S. healthcare system faces a myriad of challenges today, including uncertainty over federal regulation and shifting payer systems. You… Read More