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Cyrus Biotechnology and CRISPR pioneers team up to boost gene-editing therapies

Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology says it’ll collaborate with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on ways to optimize CRISPR gene-editing… Read More

Naveen Jain’s microbiome startup Viome is raising more cash

New funding: Seattle-area wellness startup Viome is raising more cash. A new SEC filing indicates that the company raised $36.4… Read More

Portland medtech company Sonivate raises cash for ‘ultrasound by touch’ devices

New funding: Medical device startup Sonivate is raising cash to fund its efforts to make ultrasound devices that fit on… Read More

Concure Oncology raises cash for breast cancer treatment that uses radioactive seeds

New funding: Concure Oncology is raising investment for its Breast Microseed treatment, which helps to prevent breast cancer from recurring.… Read More

Backed by Bill Gates, TerraPower branches out into radioisotopes for cancer treatment

TerraPower, the nuclear research venture founded by Bill Gates, is joining with Isotek Systems and the U.S. Department of Energy… Read More

KitoTech lands $1.5M for skin-healing ‘microstaple’ bandage

New funding: Seattle startup KitoTech Medical raised $1.5 million as part of a convertible note round to fund the development… Read More

Stealthly startup Yor Labs raises cash for AI-powered handheld ultrasound system

New funding: Portland, Ore.-based startup Yor Labs raised $3.3 million to fund the development of a lightweight ultrasound system powered… Read More

Dog Aging Project

Scientists put out the call for 10,000 canines to join the Dog Aging Project

Scientists are looking for 10,000 good dogs to take part in a 10-year effort aimed at tracking their health and… Read More

University of Washington joins $106M ‘Weill Neurohub’ effort to fight brain diseases

The University of Washington, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco are launching a research network aimed at finding new treatments… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies beats estimates with Q3 revenue of $26.1M as shares rise 6%

Adaptive Biotechnologies‘ stock rose 6 percent to $30 per share in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company reported higher… Read More

Seattle startup wants to revolutionize medicine for kids with world’s first gummy drugs

Connie Wan is no different than any other parent who has struggled to get a little kid to take medication… Read More

Fitness startup Katalyst raises $5.6M for Peloton-like electrified workout experience

Seattle startup Katalyst has raised $5.6 million for an at-home workout experience that uses full-body electrical muscle stimulation (EMS), a… Read More

Samantha Morris in lab

2019’s Allen Distinguished Investigators will focus on the mysteries of our cells

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of Seattle’s Allen Institute, is making a total of $7.5 million in… Read More

Amazon is reportedly testing step tracking on Echo Buds

Amazon’s Echo Buds are capable of tracking steps in some versions of the Alexa app, according to a report from… Read More

Beauty device maker Clarisonic will close Seattle-area headquarters

Clarisonic plans to shutter its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., by the end of the year in a move that affects… Read More

Amazon and JPMorgan to roll out new health insurance plans as part of Haven joint venture

Haven Healthcare, a joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, created its first offering in the form of… Read More

Lawsuit: Electronics giant Philips accuses Seattle-area company of hacking its medical devices

Electronics giant Philips accuses a Seattle-area medical device repair and service company of hacking into its imaging machines and stealing… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers uncover DNA data security flaws on popular genealogy website

In what could be an exceptionally personal form of identity theft, University of Washington researchers have determined that a popular… Read More

Twistle raises $16M to automate how healthcare providers talk to patients

Health tech startup Twistle landed $16 million to fund a platform that makes it easier for hospitals to communicate with… Read More

Microsoft and Jackson Lab tackle cancer genetics with ‘human-computer symbiosis’

The rise of therapies that target tumors based on their genetic profile is revolutionizing how we treat cancer. It’s also… Read More

Why Fujifilm SonoSite is betting the future of ultrasound on artificial intelligence

Decades of technological advances have led to a revolution in ultrasound machines that has given rise to modern devices that… Read More

Gates Foundation and NIH commit $200M to make gene therapies cheaper

The world’s most expensive drug, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy made by Novartis, comes with a $2.1 million bill.… Read More

Amazon buys another healthcare startup to boost primary care service for its employees

Amazon has snapped up small healthcare startup Health Navigator to help power its recently-launched primary care program for employees. The… Read More

Microsoft lands another healthcare partnership, this time with Humana to take care of aging seniors

Microsoft has signed yet another partnership with a major healthcare organization, this time with insurance giant Humana on digital health… Read More

Seattle Genetics stock jumps 17% on breast cancer drug trial success

Shares of cancer drug maker Seattle Genetics soared more than 17 percent Monday morning following positive results for a new… Read More

Cigna-owned Express Scripts buys Seattle-area health tech startup Verity Solutions

Verity Solutions, a Kirkland, Wash.-based startup that sells drug pricing software, was snapped up by Express Scripts, a large pharmacy… Read More

Bayer G4A partners with Seattle startups Litesprite and Prevencio on digital health efforts

Two Seattle-area startups were hand-picked by Bayer for a competitive program to create novel digital health solutions. It’s an endorsement… Read More

Microsoft and Nuance team up on ‘exam room of the future’ to end doctor burnout

Microsoft is teaming up with Nuance Communications to revamp hospital exam rooms with artificial intelligence and natural language processing, creating… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers make futuristic baby monitors from smart speakers

Alexa could soon be the ultimate baby monitor. Researchers at the University of Washington created a speaker system that is… Read More

Seattle Children’s opens a ‘cure factory’ to explore treatments for childhood cancer and other diseases

Maryn Sage remembers the words she heard on the day she learned that her 16-year-old son, Jedd Feliciano, was cancer-free.… Read More

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