The age of molecular-scale computing is entering a new era, thanks to the development of a system that uses synthetic proteins and Boolean logic to identify cancer cells. The proteins… Read More
TerraPower, the nuclear research venture founded by Bill Gates, is joining with Isotek Systems and the U.S. Department of Energy in a public-private partnership aimed at turning what otherwise would… Read More
TAE Technologies, the California-based fusion energy company backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has spawned a spinoff focusing on a novel type of cancer therapy. The spinoff, TAE Life Sciences,… Read More
Four decades ago, the overall chance of someone surviving cancer was about 50-50— not exactly a promising outlook. Today, those numbers have dramatically increased as new drugs and cancer-fighting biotechnologies… Read More
Health Tech Live! Join us online at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, for a special Facebook Live stream of GeekWire’s next Health Tech Podcast. Sign up to be reminded here. By… Read More
One of the greatest fears for a recovering cancer patient is relapse: the return of cancer years or decades after it is initially beaten back. But for breast cancer patients, there’s… Read More
Immunotherapy — treatments that harness the body’s immune system to fight cancer — have seen promising results in blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma. But those same treatments have proven difficult… Read More
At the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance’s Proton Therapy Center in North Seattle, the halls are rarely quiet. “You’ll hear ’80s music blaring,” said Dr. Ramesh Rengan, or “music that actually speaks of illness… Read More
Imagine an external device that could have the same effect, when pointed at a tumor, as a cancer drug. It may sound like science fiction, but a Seattle startup is… Read More