Health/Life Sciences – Page 51 of 58

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

Sep 28, 2017, 12:54 PM

EchoNous announces $35M in new funding for mini, AI-driven ultrasound devices

EchoNous — a company based in Redmond, Wash., working to develop next-generation ultrasound devices — announced Thursday that it has received… Read More

Sep 27, 2017, 7:00 PM

How Bill Gates used his ‘favorite chart of all time’ to battle Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts

As any geek will tell you, nothing beats a good chart — and as the founder of Microsoft and one… Read More

Sep 27, 2017, 1:26 PM

Seattle Children’s licenses gene-editing therapy to Casebia Therapeutics and will partner on further research

The Seattle Children’s Research Institute announced Wednesday that it has licensed a new gene therapy technology to Cambridge, Mass.,-based biotech company… Read More

Sep 27, 2017, 10:50 AM

Bill Gates calls for more data, foreign aid for global health work amid talks of huge U.S. spending cuts

As federal leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., to propose a slate of tax and spending cuts Wednesday, hundreds of experts… Read More

Sep 26, 2017, 8:26 AM

Why Fred Hutch President Gary Gilliland is enlisting techies to defeat cancer by 2025

The president and director of Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Gary Gilliland, is bringing big-data experts on board to… Read More

Sep 21, 2017, 3:25 PM

Stephen Hawking, take heart: Revalesio’s ALS drug gets regulatory boost from FDA

Revalesio, a biomedical company headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., says it’s been cleared to benefit from federal incentives for the development… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 9:27 AM

Center for Infectious Disease Research launches $11.5M project to combat ‘devastating’ drug-resistant malaria

Seattle’s Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) announced Wednesday that it will lead a new $11.5 million research project to… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 8:00 AM

Juno Therapeutics’ giant new Seattle HQ is designed to destroy cancer

When you walk into Juno Therapeutics‘ new headquarters in Seattle, your eyes are immediately drawn to the view. The office’s… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 7:59 AM

Photos: Inside Juno Therapeutics’ new custom-built headquarters and cancer research labs

Finding any kind of real estate in Seattle is pretty hard — and for a large, public biotech company like Juno… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 8:57 AM

Johnson & Johnson acquires subscription-based contact lens startup Sightbox

Only two months after raising a $2.4 million funding round, Sightbox has been acquired. The Portland-based startup just sold to… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 4:30 AM

Health tech startup 98point6 raises $19.5M to connect patients with doctors in new ‘virtual clinic’

What if you could have quality primary care that treats you when you need it and helps you stay healthy… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 3:58 PM

Health tech startup Saykara emerges from stealth mode with AI voice transcriber for doctors

Another Seattle startup has emerged from stealth mode: Saykara, a health technology company developing an AI-fueled voice scribe that aims… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 5:00 AM

Fred Hutch licenses new immunotherapy treatment to Mustang Bio, preps clinical trials in Seattle

A new immunotherapy technology developed at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been licensed to New York-based Mustang Bio,… Read More

Sep 6, 2017, 9:54 AM

PATH receives $120M Gates Foundation grant to fuel vaccine development across the globe

Seattle-based global health nonprofit PATH announced Wednesday that it has received a $120 million grant from the Bill and Melinda… Read More

Sep 6, 2017, 7:00 AM

Cardiac Insight raises $4.5M to speed up sales and production of wearable ECG heartbeat sensor

Kirkland, Wash.-based startup Cardiac Insight has raised an additional $4.5 million to bolster production and distribution of its lightweight disposable… Read More

Aug 30, 2017, 10:57 AM

Landmark FDA approval clears the way for gene therapy treatments that fight cancer

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has approved the first CAR T immunotherapy in the United States,… Read More

Aug 30, 2017, 9:55 AM

New ‘hit-and-run’ gene editing tool temporarily rewrites genetics to treat cancer and HIV

CAR T immunotherapies are all the rage in the medical community, reprogramming a patient’s immune system to fight cancer. For… Read More

Aug 29, 2017, 9:50 AM

Juno Therapeutics stock jumps 40% as rival Kite Pharma reaches deal to be acquired for $11.9B

Seattle’s Juno Therapeutics, a biotech company developing cutting edge CAR T immunotherapies for cancer, faces a narrow field of competitors. Few… Read More

Aug 29, 2017, 6:00 AM

Liquid biopsy startup RareCyte announces $30M round and new CEO to fuel rare cell detection

A liquid biopsy sounds like far-future tech: It’s essentially a blood test that can detect cancer by analyzing DNA from… Read More

Aug 28, 2017, 1:46 PM

UW team creates smartphone selfie system to screen for pancreatic cancer

University of Washington researchers have created a smartphone app that can let users screen themselves for pancreatic cancer and other… Read More

Aug 24, 2017, 5:03 PM

Why Seattle’s Omeros continues to be dogged by questions over its next big drug

Omeros, one of Seattle’s biggest biotech companies, may have its hands on a lucrative new drug — but questions about… Read More