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Health/Life Sciences

Riding a telemedicine wave, docs trade white coats for the tech life, testing the limits of health care

Dr. Michael Grabinski walks into the room, but he can’t talk yet. “I just picked up a patient,” he said.… Read More

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Neuroscientists publish a ‘parts list’ for the brain, detailing differences between mice and humans

A study led by researchers at Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science lays out a “parts list” for the brain,… Read More

Could an app make warehouse work safer? Univ. of Washington algorithm flags risky ergonomics

It’s no secret that warehouse work can be dangerous. Critics have long dogged Amazon for its warehouse practices, citing reports… Read More

Gov. Inslee helps Bluebird Bio open new ‘nest’ for cancer research efforts in Seattle

Bluebird Bio is growing its nest in Seattle. The leading biotech company held a ribbon-cutting event Friday to celebrate the… Read More

LumiThera raises cash for medical device that uses light to fight vision loss

Medical device startup LumiThera raised $1.15 million as part of a new fundraising round, according to a new SEC filing.… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies shares drop as loss widens in first quarterly earnings since IPO

Adaptive Biotechnologies‘ stock fell 7 percent Tuesday after the company posted larger-than-expected losses during the first quarterly earnings report since… Read More

This startup wants to accelerate ‘precision medicine’ with its growing biological data platform

Amplion, a startup that helps healthcare companies sort through biological data, closed a Series A fundraising round led by Greycroft… Read More

Artificial intelligence scores another victory in diagnosing breast cancer

Human doctors once again fell short of artificial intelligence in a test to accurately diagnose breast cancer, adding yet more… Read More

Drones swoop into the Congo to strengthen the country’s vaccine supply chain

This week, residents of a remote province along the Congo River got several special deliveries of vaccines from a small… Read More

‘Mega Block’ in Amazon’s backyard will become a life sciences campus following $143.5M deal; proceeds to fund affordable housing

One of the last big chunks of land in the booming Seattle neighborhood of South Lake Union will turn into… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies will triple size of its Seattle HQ following IPO

Adaptive Biotechnologies is charting a massive expansion of its Seattle headquarters following the completion of a recent initial public offering.… Read More

Healthcare IT software maker Medstreaming raises cash to help hospitals and researchers analyze data

Medstreaming is raising investment to help hospitals and researchers analyze their data with artificial intelligence. The Redmond, Wash.-based healthcare IT… Read More

Women’s health startup Genneve lands $4M to grow telemedicine service for menopause

Genneve, a Seattle startup that runs a telemedicine service for women experiencing menopause, landed a $4 million seed round led… Read More

Cancer-fighting startup Neoleukin merging with Aquinox in $40M deal, 8 months after UW spinout

Vancouver, B.C.-based Aquinox Pharmaceuticals is set to buy Neoleukin Therapeutics, a Seattle startup that launched out of the University of… Read More

Accolade uses acquisition of MD Insider to launch doctor-picking concierge

Healthcare technology company Accolade is getting back to basics with a service that helps patients with a fundamental healthcare need:… Read More

Neuroscientists fine-tune brain-to-speech translator – but there’s a long road ahead

Neuroscientists have demonstrated a computerized system that can determine in real time what’s being said, based on brain activity rather… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, other tech giants forge ahead on healthcare data sharing pledge

This past August, executives from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce banded together to promote data sharing in healthcare.… Read More

Medical device startup Sterifre nabs $8M to launch sterilization technology

Sterifre Medical raised an $8 million round to fuel development of products that rapidly disinfect healthcare devices, bringing the startup’s… Read More

Startup Spotlight: YouScript warns doctors of ‘metabolic traffic jams’ caused by prescription drugs

Modern drugs are lifesavers. But they can — and frequently do — cause more harm than good. Here’s a staggering… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Stefan Weitz wants to build authentic startups, and he’s starting with probiotics

Stefan Weitz is untroubled by long odds. As a former Microsoft director, he was the one who the company turned… Read More

Cancer drugmaker Seattle Genetics raises $575 million in stock offering

Seattle Genetics sold more than 8 million shares in a stock offering that brought in $575 million for the company… Read More

Gene found in embryos can cloak cancer from common immunotherapy methods, researchers find

The question of why immunotherapy eradicates cancer in some people while having little effect on the majority of patients has… Read More

Seattle Genetics shares rise on strong Adcetris sales, $218M in revenue for Q2

Cancer drugmaker Seattle Genetics reported stronger-than-expected revenues for the second quarter as its stock rose more than 8 percent in… Read More

Hearing-loss drugmaker Sound Pharmaceuticals posts strong clinical results, eyes a $100M IPO

Sound Pharmaceuticals, a Seattle-based drugmaker that is creating a first-of-its-kind treatment for hearing loss, recently reported encouraging top-line results from… Read More

Microsoft joins with Pacific NW medical research institutions on data discovery platform

Microsoft is teaming up with leading medical research organizations to create a shared network of research data in the Pacific… Read More

UK’s National Health Service taps Amazon’s Alexa to field common medical questions

The UK’s National Health Service is making Alexa available to millions of patients in another sign that voice technology is… Read More

Seattle biotech startup OncoSenX raises $3M to develop tumor-killing therapeutics

Story updated with comments from Scholz below. Seattle biotech startup OncoSenX has reeled in $3 million to advance its pipeline… Read More

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health team up to improve healthcare efficiency

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health announced a new partnership Monday designed to bring the healthcare institution’s vast clinical data… Read More

Saykara upgrades voice assistant for doctors with independent note-taking skill

Seattle-based digital health startup Saykara wants to free clinicians from the mountains of paperwork that await them at the end… Read More

Inside a ‘rapid innovation session’ as Gates Foundation and Xinova fight malaria with tech

Ask a room full of people how to fight malaria, and you’ll likely hear about bed nets, vaccines and healthcare… Read More

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