Health/Life Sciences – Page 50 of 57

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

News Brief

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

Nov 1, 2017, 11:00 AM

Scientists discover stem cells behind bone marrow transplants, pointing the way to new cancer treatments

For decades, bone marrow transplants have been a crucial treatment for blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma — but scientists… Read More

Oct 26, 2017, 2:10 PM

Seattle Genetics beats earnings expectations as lead drug Adcetris finds market success

Seattle Genetics, the maker of cancer drug Adcetris, beat analyst expectations by a noticeable margin in its third-quarter earnings, reported… Read More

Oct 26, 2017, 10:48 AM

Biotech journalist Luke Timmerman to climb Mount Everest to raise $175k for cancer research

Biotech journalist Luke Timmerman spends most of his time reading and writing about medical innovation. But now, he’s doing a… Read More

Oct 16, 2017, 6:00 AM

‘Alexa, tell me about my blood glucose:’ Health tech startup Wellpepper wins Alexa Diabetes Challenge

Type 2 Diabetes has become a health crisis in the U.S. The rate of type 2 diabetes has nearly doubled… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 9:05 PM

New study could point to solution for deadly immunotherapy side effects

CAR T immunotherapies — which genetically program immune cells to fight cancer — hold incredible promise for cancer patients who… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 3:17 PM

Virtual healthcare startup Carena acquired by Virginia-based telemedicine provider Avizia

Virginia-based telemedicine provider Avizia announced Tuesday that it has acquired Carena, a Seattle-based telemedicine startup that builds the technology behind virtual doctor’s… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 1:20 PM

Future battles against cancer will expand tech frontiers, Fred Hutch’s chief says

The fight against cancer isn’t just about drugs and genetics. It’s also about wearable devices, health-savvy chatbots, machine learning and… Read More

Oct 6, 2017, 1:20 PM

Report: Amazon seriously considering entering the pharmacy market, selling drugs online

Amazon has been eyeing the healthcare space for years now, but according to a new report from CNBC, the company… Read More

Oct 6, 2017, 12:00 PM

Geek of the Week: Virginia Mason’s Barry Aaronson on the ‘sexy’ work he does in clinical informatics

Like many of our Geeks of the Week, Barry Aaronson was drawn to Seattle by the nearby nature and mountains.… Read More