Health/Life Sciences – Page 54 of 57

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

Mar 24, 2017, 10:10 AM

On World TB Day, meet researchers who are taking on the world’s deadliest pathogen

To many people, tuberculosis is a disease confined to places far away or to times long gone by. But the… Read More

Mar 16, 2017, 3:44 PM

Seattle health leaders say proposed NIH budget cuts are ‘devastating’ and will cost patient lives

President Donald Trump released his blueprint for the 2018 federal budget on Thursday. It included deep cuts to a number… Read More

Mar 16, 2017, 5:40 AM

Accolade healthcare company partners with virtual doctor service Teladoc

It’s a situation every parent faces at some point. Their child has a pinkeye infection for the fifth time. They… Read More

Mar 15, 2017, 9:21 AM

New $200M fund, raised by former Gates advisors, will invest in genomics and digital health innovations

If you were handed a check for $200 million, what would you invest it in? Two Seattle investors, both with… Read More

Mar 13, 2017, 4:36 PM

No more needle and thread? This startup is developing a high-tech replacement for stitches

Whether they’re on a busted lip or helping close wounds after surgery, stitches and other sutures are a familiar presence… Read More

Mar 13, 2017, 10:50 AM

UW Center for Dialysis Innovation gets $15M grant to improve dialysis technology

Dialysis can be a life-saving treatment for the millions of people across the globe who face kidney failure. But despite the… Read More

Mar 13, 2017, 9:51 AM

Cause and potential treatment for deadly prostate cancer complication discovered by WSU researchers

Like many cancers, prostate cancer rarely stays put in the organ it is named for. The disease has a special… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 10:59 AM

Curatio aims to improve health through first-ever social network for patients

For people struggling with a disease or a chronic health condition, more than just their physical health is at stake. These… Read More

Mar 6, 2017, 9:10 AM

Seattle Genetics cancer drug clinical trials will go forward after FDA lifts hold

In December of last year, the FDA ordered three early clinical trials of one of Seattle Genetics’ cancer drugs put… Read More