Health/Life Sciences – Page 48 of 54

Health tech startup Saykara emerges from stealth mode with AI voice transcriber for doctors

Another Seattle startup has emerged from stealth mode: Saykara, a health technology company developing an AI-fueled voice scribe that aims… Read More

Fred Hutch licenses new immunotherapy treatment to Mustang Bio, preps clinical trials in Seattle

A new immunotherapy technology developed at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been licensed to New York-based Mustang Bio,… Read More

PATH receives $120M Gates Foundation grant to fuel vaccine development across the globe

Seattle-based global health nonprofit PATH announced Wednesday that it has received a $120 million grant from the Bill and Melinda… Read More

Cardiac Insight raises $4.5M to speed up sales and production of wearable ECG heartbeat sensor

Kirkland, Wash.-based startup Cardiac Insight has raised an additional $4.5 million to bolster production and distribution of its lightweight disposable… Read More

Landmark FDA approval clears the way for gene therapy treatments that fight cancer

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has approved the first CAR T immunotherapy in the United States,… Read More

New ‘hit-and-run’ gene editing tool temporarily rewrites genetics to treat cancer and HIV

CAR T immunotherapies are all the rage in the medical community, reprogramming a patient’s immune system to fight cancer. For… Read More

Juno Therapeutics stock jumps 40% as rival Kite Pharma reaches deal to be acquired for $11.9B

Seattle’s Juno Therapeutics, a biotech company developing cutting edge CAR T immunotherapies for cancer, faces a narrow field of competitors. Few… Read More

Liquid biopsy startup RareCyte announces $30M round and new CEO to fuel rare cell detection

A liquid biopsy sounds like far-future tech: It’s essentially a blood test that can detect cancer by analyzing DNA from… Read More

UW team creates smartphone selfie system to screen for pancreatic cancer

University of Washington researchers have created a smartphone app that can let users screen themselves for pancreatic cancer and other… Read More

Why Seattle’s Omeros continues to be dogged by questions over its next big drug

Omeros, one of Seattle’s biggest biotech companies, may have its hands on a lucrative new drug — but questions about… Read More

Zipline expands medical drone delivery to Tanzania with aid from Gates Foundation

While Amazon continues testing drone delivery systems for popcorn and other consumer goods, a startup called Zipline is expanding its… Read More

BetterDoctor partners with Washington state to bring tech solutions to health insurance exchange

BetterDoctor, a San-Francisco-based startup, announced Monday that it will partner with the Washington Health Benefit Exchange to improve Washington Healthplanfinder,… Read More

Pivot Health aims to disrupt healthcare hiring with new tech-fueled job matching platform

Hiring and job searching are both difficult tasks — and in the healthcare world, those tasks are even harder. Clinical workers… Read More

Omeros looks to raise $70M in stock offering to fuel drug development pipeline

The Omeros Corporation, one of Seattle’s biggest biotech companies, is looking to raise approximately $70 million in a follow-on public… Read More

Bill Gates casts a wider net, asking blog followers to help in the war against mosquitoes and malaria

Bill Gates is once again enlisting the help of his blog followers in his effort to do some philanthropic good.… Read More

Fred Hutch unveils new research center aimed at eliminating cancers caused by infections

Cancer often seems to strike out of the blue, without warning or reason and often without a clear cause. But… Read More

Swisslog Healthcare acquires Talyst Systems, will develop pharmacy software at Seattle-area office

Talyst Systems, a provider of software tools for pharmacies, was acquired Tuesday by medical supply management specialist Swisslog Healthcare. Talyst Systems’… Read More

Juno Therapeutics posts mixed results, remains optimistic about treatment pipeline

Seattle-based biotech company Juno Therapeutics beat analyst expectations in its second quarter revenue Thursday, reporting $21.3 million in revenue for… Read More

Scientists discover cell that causes allergies and could revolutionize how we treat them

Anyone with allergies can tell you how miserable they can be. From annoying seasonal sniffles to life-threatening food allergies, they… Read More

Oregon team uses CRISPR editing to fix gene linked to heart disease in embryos

Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University provided the details today on an experiment with human embryos that demonstrated how… Read More

Naveen Jain’s biotech startup Viome raises millions for personal wellness monitoring

Viome, the wellness monitoring service founded by Seattle-area tech entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has raised $15 million this month in an… Read More

Report: Oregon researchers use CRISPR to edit genes in human embryos

Chinese researchers crossed a threshold last year when they used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tools to modify human embryos, and now Oregon… Read More

Cyrus Biotech raises $8M to boost protein modeling toolkit for drug discovery

Cyrus Biotechnology is getting an $8 million infusion for its cloud-based protein modeling and design toolkit, thanks to a Series… Read More

UW researchers discover a recipe to regenerate retinal cells in mice

University of Washington researchers have found a way to activate cells in the retinas of adult mice to turn into… Read More

Regenerative medicine startup Rodeo Therapeutics raises $5.9M for drugs to regenerate tissue

If you could write a medical wish-list of futuristic technologies, regenerating tissue would be pretty high up there. It could… Read More

Sightbox raises $2.4M to grow contact lens and eye exam membership program

Sightbox, a Portland, Ore.-based startup offering an annual membership for eye exams and contact lenses, has raised $2.4 million in… Read More

Seattle startup raises $12M to ‘rewrite the software of life’ (with a little help from the technology behind beer)

Proteins are incredibly important, but incredibly complicated, molecules. They control 98 percent of all biological functions and are used in industries… Read More

Medical startup VerAvanti raises $5M to build products to prevent strokes and heart attacks

A startup just down the road from Microsoft’s global headquarters in Redmond, Wash. has landed a $5 million funding round… Read More

Study finds Lee Hood’s ‘scientific wellness’ approach can make people healthier

Scientific wellness is a straightforward idea: use data about a person’s genes, proteins and other biology, along with behavioral coaching,… Read More

Alder BioPharmaceuticals aims to raise $150M to continue developing migraine prevention drug

Alder BioPharmaceuticals is looking to raise approximately $150 million by selling off stock in order to continue work on a… Read More