Podcast Eye on autism: Inside the quest to develop an objective test for a disorder that impacts millions SPOKANE, Wash. — If you showed up at an emergency room with a heart attack, you’d expect to receive some… Read More
Eyedropper startup Nanodropper wins top prize at Univ. of Washington health innovation challenge What if something as simple as a more precise eyedropper could cut the cost of glaucoma medication by more than… Read More
A year later, how Microsoft’s jobs program for people with autism is working It has been more than a year since Microsoft announced a pilot jobs program to specifically accommodate people on the autism… Read More
UW prof delves into why we got genes linked to autism, but Neanderthals didn’t One of the biggest genetic differences between humans and other members of the primate family tree, including Neanderthals, predisposes people to… Read More
Genes from monkey brains shed light on autism and other neurological mysteries A project led by Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has mapped out how genes get fired up in key areas… Read More
Q&A: Star Trek’s ‘Data’ on autism, space travel, and the link between humanity and technology He didn’t realize it at the time, but when Brent Spiner portrayed an android named “Data,” during 177 episodes of… Read More
Microsoft Bing Fund to target autism at weekend hackathon Microsoft’s Bing Fund startup incubator is holding a hackathon this weekend in Seattle — bringing together developers, designers and other… Read More
