Health/Life Sciences – Page 52 of 57

Aug 2, 2017, 3:14 PM

Oregon team uses CRISPR editing to fix gene linked to heart disease in embryos

Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University provided the details today on an experiment with human embryos that demonstrated how… Read More

Jul 28, 2017, 6:12 PM

Naveen Jain’s biotech startup Viome raises millions for personal wellness monitoring

Viome, the wellness monitoring service founded by Seattle-area tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has raised $15 million this month in an… Read More

Jul 27, 2017, 10:34 AM

Report: Oregon researchers use CRISPR to edit genes in human embryos

Chinese researchers crossed a threshold last year when they used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tools to modify human embryos, and now Oregon… Read More

Jul 27, 2017, 5:30 AM

Cyrus Biotech raises $8M to boost protein modeling toolkit for drug discovery

Cyrus Biotechnology is getting an $8 million infusion for its cloud-based protein modeling and design toolkit, thanks to a Series… Read More

Jul 26, 2017, 10:37 AM

UW researchers discover a recipe to regenerate retinal cells in mice

University of Washington researchers have found a way to activate cells in the retinas of adult mice to turn into… Read More

Jul 25, 2017, 2:00 AM

Regenerative medicine startup Rodeo Therapeutics raises $5.9M for drugs to regenerate tissue

If you could write a medical wish-list of futuristic technologies, regenerating tissue would be pretty high up there. It could… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 4:50 PM

Sightbox raises $2.4M to grow contact lens and eye exam membership program

Sightbox, a Portland, Ore.-based startup offering an annual membership for eye exams and contact lenses, has raised $2.4 million in… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 4:00 AM

Seattle startup raises $12M to ‘rewrite the software of life’ (with a little help from the technology behind beer)

Proteins are incredibly important, but incredibly complicated, molecules. They control 98 percent of all biological functions and are used in industries… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 4:38 PM

Medical startup VerAvanti raises $5M to build products to prevent strokes and heart attacks

A startup just down the road from Microsoft’s global headquarters in Redmond, Wash. has landed a $5 million funding round… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 8:00 AM

Study finds Lee Hood’s ‘scientific wellness’ approach can make people healthier

Scientific wellness is a straightforward idea: use data about a person’s genes, proteins and other biology, along with behavioral coaching,… Read More

Jul 13, 2017, 2:26 PM

Alder BioPharmaceuticals aims to raise $150M to continue developing migraine prevention drug

Alder BioPharmaceuticals is looking to raise approximately $150 million by selling off stock in order to continue work on a… Read More

Jul 13, 2017, 8:00 AM

Health technology startup BloomAPI raises $2.4M to get medical records off paper

If you change doctors or go to see a specialist, chances are that your medical records will be printed out… Read More

Jul 11, 2017, 11:10 AM

Gates Foundation commits $375M to expand access to contraception, calls out Trump for cuts

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Tuesday that it has committed $375 million in funding over the next three… Read More

Jul 5, 2017, 10:50 AM

Biomedical labs at UW and in Boston win $10M grants from Allen Frontiers Group

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen to speed the pace of biomedical breakthroughs, is… Read More

Jul 4, 2017, 8:57 AM

GeekWire recommends 6 wellness apps on New Day NW

There are so many health and fitness apps available today that it can be hard to make sense of the… Read More

Jul 3, 2017, 9:00 AM

Here are improvements this health tech startup wants to see in the healthcare reform bill

As many folks in Washington, D.C. have learned over the past decade, healthcare is complicated. But even though it’s a… Read More

Jun 30, 2017, 7:00 AM

Eight months later, GeekWire’s Daniel Rossi is rewiring his brain and transforming his health

Daniel Rossi is 20 pounds lighter. His key numbers are looking much better. But he says the biggest change is… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 2:17 PM

Health Tech Podcast: Psychologists become app developers to help people kick addictions

Do you ever feel like you’re addicted to apps? Or like they really get inside your head? Well, good news: You’re… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 11:30 AM

Experts lay out their concerns about the ethics of brain implants and ‘brainjacking’

Losing the ability to control your own mind seems like something out of a dystopian science-fiction novel, but some researchers… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 6:00 AM

Hemex Health lands $1.7M for lab-in-a-box that diagnoses malaria and sickle cell disease

We often think about global health as a philanthropic endeavor, something addressed by nonprofits and NGOs. But there is a… Read More

Jun 28, 2017, 9:33 AM

Biotech startup Aortica raising $4M to develop personalized blood vessel stents for aortic aneurysms

The aorta is an important blood vessel, to say the least. It’s the body’s main artery, carrying blood from the heart… Read More

Jun 27, 2017, 10:33 AM

National project led by Fred Hutch researcher fights ovarian cancer deaths with predictive medicine

Ovarian cancer is a tricky disease to treat. About 20 percent of those diagnosed don’t respond to the standard treatment,… Read More

Jun 25, 2017, 7:00 AM

The art of ‘naive innovation’: Tips from a tech genius on creative problem-solving

Shwetak Patel is a certified genius. The University of Washington computer science and electrical engineering professor won a 2011 MacArthur… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 6:44 PM

UW researchers’ ‘kidney on a chip’ will be prepped for space station experiment

A stack of card-sized gizmos that test the effects of drugs, toxins and weightlessness on human kidney cells is due… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 8:45 AM

University of Washington initiative awarded $9.3M to fight deadly malaria strains in India

Viruses and parasites are constantly changing. That’s the reason last year’s flu shot isn’t as effective against this year’s flu —… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 5:00 AM

Healthcare startup League announces U.S. launch of digital health benefits platform

League, a Toronto-based digital health startup with ties to Seattle, announced Tuesday that it has launched its digital health benefits platform… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 8:18 AM

Seattle Genetics discontinues trials of cancer drug, sees stock losses

Seattle Genetics, a Bothell, Wash., based biotechnology company developing novel treatments for cancer, announced Monday that it has discontinued the… Read More

Jun 15, 2017, 10:51 AM

Health Tech Podcast: This startup is tackling one of healthcare’s biggest challenges with a tiny gadget

Taking a pill isn’t very hard for most people. But remembering you need to take a pill? That’s a bit… Read More

Jun 15, 2017, 9:01 AM

Study shows how tech like Fitbit and Facebook could help childhood cancer survivors stay healthy

We’re all familiar with Facebook and Fitbit — they’re convenient technologies that make our lives a bit easier. But scientists… Read More

Jun 15, 2017, 12:01 AM

Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group gives $7.5M to studies on epigenetics, aging, evolution

Epigenetics, aging and microbial evolution: Those are the latest words in biomedical research for the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group,… Read More