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Health/Life Sciences

Nautilus CEO needs investor patience in pursuit of ‘incredibly ambitious’ biotech product

Nautilus Biotechnology CEO Sujal Patel had to deliver tough news on a Thursday morning call with analysts. The company has laid off… Read More

Nautilus Biotechnology lays off 16% of workforce, plans release of commercial platform in 2026

Nautilus Biotechnology has laid off about 16% of its workforce, reducing its headcount to 133 employees and helping provide a… Read More

‘Chilling, dramatic, horrific’: Fred Hutch leader warns of harm from Trump’s proposed funding cuts

Leaders and researchers at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center didn’t mince words on Tuesday when describing the potential impact of… Read More

AI will transform parts of healthcare — but slow adoption and sales cycles could impede startups

The rise of generative AI and other automation technologies will surely create efficiencies within the $4.5 trillion healthcare industry. But… Read More

Seattle global health nonprofit PATH cutting workforce after federal funding freeze

Seattle-based global health nonprofit PATH announced this week that it is reducing its workforce in response to Trump administration efforts… Read More

Kestra Medical Technologies, maker of wearable cardiac devices, files for IPO

Kestra Medical Technologies, a Kirkland, Wash.-based company selling cardiac monitoring and therapeutic devices, filed for an initial public offering on… Read More

Dopl Technologies raises $1.5M to fuel mission of delivering telerobotic care to underserved areas

Dopl Technologies, a Seattle startup working to bring diagnostic exams and interventional procedures to underserved communities via telerobotics, raised $1.5… Read More

Trump’s push to freeze funding leaves researchers anxious about delayed scientific breakthroughs

When Luca Foschini, head of Seattle’s Sage Bionetworks, described the impact of the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze federal grants… Read More

Ro Health, provider of health services for special needs students, backed by L.A. private equity firm

Seattle-based clinical staffing provider Ro Health landed investment from LightBay Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, to fuel growth,… Read More

I made the call to get my kid a smartphone — here’s how it’s going, and why it makes me kind of sad

Quick, take a picture of me — you’re looking at the hero of Christmas! Better yet, let’s have my 6th-grade… Read More

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project

Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in fresh funding and an ambitious new initiative to create a giant genomic… Read More

Seattle biotech startup Tune Therapeutics lands $175M to support clinical research

Tune Therapeutics, a biotech company with headquarters in Seattle and Durham, N.C., raised $175 million in one of the largest… Read More

Seattle genomics startup Variant Bio signs deal with Novo Nordisk worth up to $50M

Variant Bio today announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk for disease research and development that could total $50 million for… Read More

Startup led by Seattle doctors gets FDA approval for virus-killing, surgical mask technology

COVID-19, at the moment, might feel safely in the rearview mirror. But other respiratory viruses and bacterial-caused walking pneumonia are… Read More

Former Amazon Care leader raises $3.5M for startup offering virtual support for caregivers

When my ailing 86-year-old dad refused food and water last winter, the guidance from his longtime primary care doctor was… Read More

Prenuvo opens Seattle clinic for full-body MRI scans pitched as a proactive health measure

Prenuvo, providers of full-body MRI screenings designed to detect cancer and other diseases early, announced the opening and location of… Read More

Archon Biosciences co-founders James Lazarovits and George Ueda

Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth with $20M to create tiny ‘Antibody Cages’

Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize, the latest venture to spin out from… Read More

How do I delay getting my kid a smartphone? Doctor behind ‘Screenagers’ films offers advice

I’m lucky to be here writing this. If it’s possible to be eye-rolled off the planet, I nearly suffered that… Read More

University of Washington’s David Baker wins Nobel Prize for designing proteins

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than… Read More

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower Isotopes produces rare, radioactive ingredient sought for cancer drugs

Nearly a decade ago, radio chemists at the nuclear power startup TerraPower saw a promising opportunity in radioactive waste from… Read More

Can AI cure cancer? New alliance unites tech giants and big research orgs in quest for breakthroughs

Four national cancer research organizations, spearheaded by Seattle’s Fred Hutch Cancer Center, will work together in an unprecedented alliance to… Read More

Athira Pharma laying off 49 employees, about 70% of workforce, as part of restructuring

Seattle-based biotech company Athira Pharma is laying off 49 people, or about 70% of its workforce, as part of cost-cutting… Read More

Seattle startup Arzeda raises $38M to create proteins for food, pharma, and other industries

Arzeda, a protein design startup that generates new enzymes for industrial, agricultural and other applications, announced a $38 million investment… Read More

Microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome lands $25M and hires former Amazon leader as COO

Viome, a company selling microbiome products and health diagnostics, announced Tuesday that it raised $25 million from investors and hired… Read More

Seattle’s Sonoma Biotherapeutics receives $45M milestone payment

Sonoma Biotherapeutics on Wednesday announced that it received a $45 million payment from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for meeting a significant milestone… Read More

Seattle biotech startup secures $11.2M to make drugs for ‘undruggable’ disease targets

Talus Bioscience on Tuesday announced $11.2 million in venture capital funding to advance its drug discovery program for hard-to-treat diseases.  … Read More

Alpenglow Biosciences lands new contracts to develop 3D pathology tech

Alpenglow Biosciences, a Seattle biotech startup that develops 3D spatial biology imaging technology, announced Thursday that it landed a $2… Read More

Inside the Seattle labs of Xaira, the AI-powered startup launched with $1B from investors

In a laboratory near downtown Seattle on the shores of Lake Union, Hetu Kamisetty is helping build what he says… Read More

Sana Biotechnology cuts the ribbon at new manufacturing facility near Seattle

Sana Biotechnology celebrated the beginning of a new chapter on its journey to make drugs that treat complicated diseases, cutting… Read More

Protein design startup Outpace lands $144M to test treatments that target solid tumors

Outpace Bio, a Seattle startup using artificial intelligence to design proteins that are incorporated into cancer therapies targeting solid tumors,… Read More

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