Health/Life Sciences – Page 54 of 58

May 8, 2017, 12:30 PM

UW researchers map widening gap in life expectancy and call for policy changes

A county-by-county survey of U.S. life expectancy reports a 20-year gap between the lows and the highs – a gap that… Read More

May 4, 2017, 2:39 PM

Juno Therapeutics’ revenue surges on Celgene partnership, loss increases on R&D spending

Seattle-based biotech juggernaut Juno Therapeutics delivered mixed results in its 2017 quarter one earnings report Thursday — the first financial report… Read More

May 3, 2017, 11:34 AM

How cutting-edge genetic tests for kids are creating a conundrum for parents

We often think of genetic mutations as ominous, life-threatening mistakes in our biology. But the reality is actually much different:… Read More

May 2, 2017, 10:07 AM

Ventec Life Systems raises $7M to bring portable life-support system to market

Imagine for a moment that your spouse, parent or child has been diagnosed with a life-changing condition. They need constant… Read More

May 2, 2017, 5:00 AM

Seattle entrepreneurs unveil Pillsy, a smart pill bottle that helps patients stay on top of medication

Taking medication on a schedule seems like it should be simple. You have one pill with breakfast and another with dinner,… Read More

Apr 27, 2017, 1:54 PM

Seattle Genetics reports $109M in quarterly revenue, narrowly beating expectations

Seattle-based biotech company Seattle Genetics announced a revenue of $109 million for the first quarter of 2017 Thursday, narrowly beating… Read More

Apr 26, 2017, 10:45 AM

Bad news for malaria: Innovations from Seattle deployed to fight one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases

Joseph Mutale’s career reads like many others in the tech industry. He graduated from the University of Austin in Texas,… Read More

Apr 25, 2017, 12:08 PM

Talking toilets: Bill Gates uses 360 video to show how India is winning in its clean sanitation battle

There’s a lot of things we take for granted in developed countries: safe drinking water, constant access to electricity and,… Read More

Apr 25, 2017, 9:00 AM

Mpirica Health raises $4.6M for hospital-ranking platform, a ‘batting average’ for surgeries

One of the first things we do when deciding where to buy a house or what company to work for is… Read More

Apr 24, 2017, 1:00 PM

Fred Hutch Study: Novel immunotherapy tech made tumors shrink, a good sign for future treatments

Immunotherapy — treatments that harness the body’s immune system to fight cancer — have seen promising results in blood cancers like… Read More

Apr 24, 2017, 11:19 AM

Filings show Juno executives took hits to their compensation following failed clinical trial

This time last year, Seattle biotech company Juno Therapeutics was on its way to having the first CAR T immunotherapy… Read More

Apr 24, 2017, 8:37 AM

Healthcare tech company Accolade integrates family leave assistance with new partnership

Accolade, a healthcare technology company led by the two founders of Concur, announced Monday that it is partnering with Memphis-based… Read More

Apr 20, 2017, 7:00 AM

Cardiac Insight raises $4.5M, wins FDA approval to launch wearable ECG sensor

Consumer wearables, like smart watches and Fitbits, are becoming ever more popular. But wearable medical technology has remained somewhat absent… Read More

Apr 19, 2017, 1:37 PM

Alpine Immune Sciences raising $17M in advance of merger with Colorado pharmaceutical company

Seattle biotech company Alpine Immune Sciences is raising $17 million as part of a merger with Nivalis, a publicly-traded pharmaceutical firm… Read More

Apr 19, 2017, 9:47 AM

Alphabet’s Verily recruiting 10,000 volunteers to share medical data for giant health study

Despite our ever-advancing medical technology, there’s still a lot we don’t know about how people develop some of the world’s… Read More

Apr 17, 2017, 5:16 PM

Washington state OKs Fred Hutch license plates to raise funds for cancer research

When new car owners are picking license plates in Washington state, they can choose to pay a bit extra for a… Read More

Apr 17, 2017, 3:09 PM

Biotech standout Juno plans Bay Area office, hires ex-Genentech exec as R&D president

Juno Therapeutics announced Monday that a former Genentech executive, Dr. Sunil Agarwal, has joined the company as its new President of… Read More

Apr 17, 2017, 8:00 AM

Fred Hutch study: New nanoparticle immunotherapy could replace chemo as front-line cancer treatment

Dr. Matthias Stephan has a vision: cancer-killing immunotherapy that is so cheap and easy to access it replaces chemotherapy as the… Read More

Apr 14, 2017, 1:27 PM

M3 Biotechnology gets another $1.4M in funding, prepares to start clinical trials of leading drug candidate

Seattle-based M3 Biotechnology announced it has received a $1.4 million investment from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, allowing it to begin… Read More

Apr 13, 2017, 12:42 PM

Scientists unveil new CRISPR tool, dubbed SHERLOCK, which could revolutionize how we detect diseases

A coalition of scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard unveiled a new CRISPR tool today that could… Read More

Apr 13, 2017, 12:33 PM

Fred Hutch spinout analyzes live cells of a patient’s cancer to make treatment more effective

There are hundreds of drugs that treat cancer, and every patient reacts differently to each of them. That means doctors… Read More

Apr 12, 2017, 5:15 PM

Lee Hood’s Arivale offers scientific wellness program to Washington State University medical students

Washington State University is making a big bet on personalized medicine. The school announced this week that it is teaming… Read More

Apr 12, 2017, 10:14 AM

Study: Real-time data sharing could prevent future epidemics like Ebola

The recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa was the most deadly outbreak of the disease ever recorded, infecting 28,000 people… Read More

Apr 7, 2017, 2:40 PM

Stealthy University of Washington spinout raises cash for non-invasive cancer-diagnosing liquid biopsy

University of Washington spinout Bellwether Bio isn’t disclosing much about its technology, but what it is sharing could be promising… Read More

Apr 5, 2017, 12:01 AM

Get a colorful 3-D view of human stem cells online with the Allen Cell Explorer

Imagine being able to see inside a transparent human stem cell, like the “Visible Man and Woman” models in biology… Read More

Apr 4, 2017, 10:46 AM

Genomics pioneer Lee Hood explains how data will flip the health system on its head

It’s something you hear surprisingly often in the medical sciences: we just don’t have enough data. That’s especially true for fields… Read More

Apr 3, 2017, 1:00 PM

Q&A: Cancer research leader Nancy Davidson on the innovations of the past decade, and where things are heading next

We often hear that medical research is approaching “breakthroughs” or is at a “tipping point” in innovation. But what does… Read More

Apr 3, 2017, 10:00 AM

Fred Hutch study: Cancer drug inspired by bacteria could boost immunotherapy treatments

When we think of the immune system, we generally think of one, unified system that works to fight infections and… Read More

Mar 30, 2017, 10:43 AM

Bezos family makes record-breaking $35M donation to Fred Hutch to fund cancer research

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced today that it has received a $35 million gift from the Bezos family, the… Read More

Mar 30, 2017, 9:36 AM

Study: ID Genomics’ bacteria ‘fingerprinting’ technology helps doctors diagnose infection more accurately

The idea is simple: when a patient has a bacterial infection, doctors should find out what kind of bacteria it… Read More