Health/Life Sciences – Page 39 of 54

Chinese scientist says first gene-edited babies have been born in effort to fight HIV

A Chinese researcher says his lab facilitated the first birth of gene-edited children — twin girls who are said to possess… Read More

Seattle Genetics drug rides FDA fast-track to the front lines in fight against rare form of cancer

Seattle Genetics’ star cancer drug Adcetris has won Food and Drug Administration approval for treatment of a fast-growing type of… Read More

Company founded by U.S. Army vet develops cannabis-based products to help people struggling with pain

As the founder of G&G Laboratories, Mike Lui wants to help people who struggle with pain, such as veterans and… Read More

American Heart Association and Allen Institute select teams for brain campaign

Medical researchers know all about the blood-brain barrier, but Seattle’s Allen Institute and the American Heart Association have selected three… Read More

Biomatics raises $300M to invest in health startups, adds Gates Foundation global health director

Biomatics Capital, a venture capital firm founded by two Seattle investors with close ties to philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates,… Read More

Microsoft teams with Answer ALS, makes $1M donation to ambitious big data project

Several years ago, former football player Steve Gleason came to Microsoft with a challenge: develop technology to ease the effects… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs picks clinical management startup Invio as first company in new accelerator

Invio, a Seattle startup that helps speed up clinical trials for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, announced this week that it is… Read More

High-tech healthcare: Behind-the-scenes inside Kaiser Permanente’s automated lab and pharmacy

Automation technology is helping fill prescription orders and diagnose patient specimens much faster and safer than ever before. As part… Read More

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center signs collaboration deal with Chinese genomics giant BGI

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and BGI, a giant in global genomics sciences, announced Tuesday that they are planning… Read More

Smartphone stethoscope maker Steth IO launches AI assistant to help doctors detect heart problems

The stethoscope is an enduring symbol of medicine, but the long-serving tool isn’t actually as effective as you might think.… Read More

Geek on the Street: Would you want to live to 200, and would do you anything differently?

Health technology is hot. But there are mixed feelings about aging a century or more beyond the typical current human… Read More

National ‘All of Us’ campaign aims to enlist a million genomes for precision medicine

Eric Dishman is a living, breathing advertisement for the ambitious experiment he’s in charge of, the National Institutes of Health’s… Read More

Bristol-Myers Squibb will close its Seattle Zymogenetics operations next year

Zymogenetics, the Seattle-based pharmaceutical company owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb, will start the process of laying off workers and closing its… Read More

Steve and Connie Ballmer donate $20M to Seattle Children’s clinic that serves low-income families

Seattle Children’s Hospital announced Thursday that Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO, and his wife Connie Ballmer have made a… Read More

The Power of Personalized Medicine: How tech is unlocking a new way of thinking about health

There have been a number of astronomical shifts in medicine over the centuries, from the discovery of antibiotics to the… Read More

Healthcare tech startup 98point6 raises $50M, led by Goldman Sachs, to expand its ‘virtual clinic’

98point6, a Seattle-based startup developing an entirely virtual primary care service, has raised $50 million in a round led by… Read More

Allen Frontiers Group awards $13.5M for research on cancer, cells, aging and brains

It’s notable that the newest class of Allen Distinguished Investigators, announced today by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, includes… Read More

SEngine Precision Medicine raises $3M, adds former Fred Hutch president to board

SEngine Precision Medicine, a startup working to personalize cancer treatment, has raised $3 million in new funding and added… Read More

Celgene CEO: Treating cancer is becoming ‘ironically easy’ — now the problem is affordability

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Cancer treatments have improved astronomically in the past few decades. But as more patients overcome the disease,… Read More

Genneve to launch unique telehealth service for women experiencing menopause

A startup that launched two years ago to sell lubricants and provide information for menopausal women is expanding to become… Read More

Microsoft creates new employee health plan, focusing on an improved patient experience

Microsoft is teaming up with insurer Premera Blue Cross and healthcare provider Eastside Health Network to create a new health… Read More

AI is integral to the future of healthcare — but for now, so are humans

Artificial intelligence has been around for half a century, but it has only recently become a real player in the… Read More

After struggling with their own drug addictions, these founders just raised $6M for a recovery app

Daniela Luzi Tudor and Murphy Jensen know all about recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. After all, they went through… Read More

University of Washington spinout raises $1.2M for next-generation RNA sequencing technology

There’s a new biotechnology spin-out from the University of Washington, and the company is already raising cash to get its… Read More

Programming error exposed personal information in Fred Hutch database

A programming error in a database run by Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center exposed the personal information of 5,000… Read More

The cancer that changed the course of Paul Allen’s life, and shaped his legacy

“I felt as bulletproof as most people under thirty. I took my health for granted.” That’s how Paul Allen, the… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers unveil Prescience, an AI system that predicts problems during surgery

During surgery, anesthesiologists have a lot to keep track of. They need to monitor patients’ vital signs and administer the… Read More

How Microsoft and Adaptive Biotech became ‘a single team’ to build groundbreaking AI diagnostic

Every day, thousands of people cross the 520 bridge between Seattle and Bellevue, Wash. But for some of those people,… Read More

New HIV vaccine study will test first-of-its-kind tech, with backing from the Gates Foundation

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind clinical trial Tuesday that will test a new HIV… Read More

Amazon’s health venture with Berkshire and JPMorgan is the ‘epitome of entrepreneurial spirit,’ says Accolade’s Raj Singh

Healthcare in the United States has more than a few problems. Costs are skyrocketing, chronic conditions are becoming more common… Read More