If you want to know what’s going on in your gut microbiome, the community of bacteria in our intestines that are tied to overall health, there are plenty of companies… Read More
If you want a glimpse at medicine’s track record against Alzheimer’s, look no further than the numbers: Pharmaceutical companies have recorded a 99 percent failure rate against the disease, spending… Read More
Founded in 2015, Seattle startup Arivale aspired to pioneer a new sector called scientific wellness, combining genetic testing with personal coaching to improve the health of its members. Arivale raised… Read More
How old are you? It’s an easy question to answer unless the person asking it is healthcare innovator Leroy (Lee) Hood. Hood thinks that it’s not your chronological age that… Read More
It’s no secret that a rising flood of data, from the results of sophisticated genetic tests to the vital signs recorded by your smartphone, is transforming the way we approach… Read More
“I envision a time, in the 10-year future, when we’ll have a tricorder and you at home will put a drop of blood on the tricorder and it’ll make 5,000… Read More
Scientific wellness is a straightforward idea: use data about a person’s genes, proteins and other biology, along with behavioral coaching, to keep them healthy, even preventing health problems before they… Read More
Two years ago, genomics pioneer Leroy Hood and tech executive Clayton Lewis launched a unique enterprise: Arivale, a scientific wellness startup that uses data-like genetic information to help customers manage… Read More
It’s something you hear surprisingly often in the medical sciences: we just don’t have enough data. That’s especially true for fields of study like systems biology and scientific wellness, two data-driven… Read More
Seventeen years after founding the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), spurring the creation of systems biology as a field, genomics and biotechnology pioneer Lee Hood is stepping down as its… Read More
“Mr. Gates, I Quit.” That’s the opening chapter of “Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age,” and it’s just the first indication that this is no run-of-the-mill biography. In documenting the life and… Read More
Good news: Arivale co-founder Leroy Hood says he can “almost guarantee” there’ll be ways to keep yourself physically and mentally fit into your 90s. “You’re going to have to decide on… Read More
Arivale, the “scientific wellness” startup co-founded by genomics pioneer Lee Hood, has hired Grant Ries, the co-founder of big-data company BlueKai, as its first chief revenue officer — gearing up to work… Read More
A new startup in Seattle wants to be the Google or Microsoft of a new industry called scientific wellness, and now it has some serious cash to do so. Co-founded by… Read More
Dr. Lee Hood led the team that pioneered the automated DNA sequencer, helping to give humans unprecedented insights into our personal genetic makeup. He has been involved in the creation of more than 15 biotech companies,… Read More
Lee Hood, the genomics pioneer who has co-founded more than a dozen biotech companies, is preparing to unveil a new startup, GeekWire has learned. The Seattle-based company, Arivale, describes itself as “a revolutionary… Read More