Health/Life Sciences – Page 49 of 54

Health technology startup BloomAPI raises $2.4M to get medical records off paper

If you change doctors or go to see a specialist, chances are that your medical records will be printed out… Read More

Gates Foundation commits $375M to expand access to contraception, calls out Trump for cuts

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Tuesday that it has committed $375 million in funding over the next three… Read More

Biomedical labs at UW and in Boston win $10M grants from Allen Frontiers Group

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen to speed the pace of biomedical breakthroughs, is… Read More

GeekWire recommends 6 wellness apps on New Day NW

There are so many health and fitness apps available today that it can be hard to make sense of the… Read More

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Here are improvements this health tech startup wants to see in the healthcare reform bill

As many folks in Washington, D.C. have learned over the past decade, healthcare is complicated. But even though it’s a… Read More

Eight months later, GeekWire’s Daniel Rossi is rewiring his brain and transforming his health

Daniel Rossi is 20 pounds lighter. His key numbers are looking much better. But he says the biggest change is… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: Psychologists become app developers to help people kick addictions

Do you ever feel like you’re addicted to apps? Or like they really get inside your head? Well, good news: You’re… Read More

Experts lay out their concerns about the ethics of brain implants and ‘brainjacking’

Losing the ability to control your own mind seems like something out of a dystopian science-fiction novel, but some researchers… Read More

Hemex Health lands $1.7M for lab-in-a-box that diagnoses malaria and sickle cell disease

We often think about global health as a philanthropic endeavor, something addressed by nonprofits and NGOs. But there is a… Read More

Biotech startup Aortica raising $4M to develop personalized blood vessel stents for aortic aneurysms

The aorta is an important blood vessel, to say the least. It’s the body’s main artery, carrying blood from the heart… Read More

National project led by Fred Hutch researcher fights ovarian cancer deaths with predictive medicine

Ovarian cancer is a tricky disease to treat. About 20 percent of those diagnosed don’t respond to the standard treatment,… Read More

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The art of ‘naive innovation’: Tips from a tech genius on creative problem-solving

Shwetak Patel is a certified genius. The University of Washington computer science and electrical engineering professor won a 2011 MacArthur… Read More

UW researchers’ ‘kidney on a chip’ will be prepped for space station experiment

A stack of card-sized gizmos that test the effects of drugs, toxins and weightlessness on human kidney cells is due… Read More

University of Washington initiative awarded $9.3M to fight deadly malaria strains in India

Viruses and parasites are constantly changing. That’s the reason last year’s flu shot isn’t as effective against this year’s flu —… Read More

Healthcare startup League announces U.S. launch of digital health benefits platform

League, a Toronto-based digital health startup with ties to Seattle, announced Tuesday that it has launched its digital health benefits platform… Read More

Seattle Genetics discontinues trials of cancer drug, sees stock losses

Seattle Genetics, a Bothell, Wash., based biotechnology company developing novel treatments for cancer, announced Monday that it has discontinued the… Read More

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Health Tech Podcast: This startup is tackling one of healthcare’s biggest challenges with a tiny gadget

Taking a pill isn’t very hard for most people. But remembering you need to take a pill? That’s a bit… Read More

Study shows how tech like Fitbit and Facebook could help childhood cancer survivors stay healthy

We’re all familiar with Facebook and Fitbit — they’re convenient technologies that make our lives a bit easier. But scientists… Read More

Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group gives $7.5M to studies on epigenetics, aging, evolution

Epigenetics, aging and microbial evolution: Those are the latest words in biomedical research for the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group,… Read More

Scientific wellness startup Arivale raises $13.6M to scale personalized health platform

Two years ago, genomics pioneer Leroy Hood and tech executive Clayton Lewis launched a unique enterprise: Arivale, a scientific wellness… Read More

R&D services company LabConnect announces $24.5M Series A funding round

LabConnect, a 15-year-old company that provides support services to labs in biopharmaceutical, medical device, and contract research organizations, announced an… Read More

Former Swype execs raise $8.5M for Xealth, a health platform that connects patients, doctors and digital treatments

There is no end to pressing needs in the healthcare industry. That’s one of the first things that tech veterans… Read More

The Amazon of healthcare? Accolade unveils AI platform and app that personalize healthcare assistance

If there’s a master list of tech buzzwords somewhere in the world, “intelligence” would be pretty near the top. Mike… Read More

Gates Foundation commits up to $300 million to global polio eradication effort

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates announced Monday that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged up to $300… Read More

Healthcare startup Carena raises $6M to fuel technology behind virtual doctor’s visits

When you have the flu or a child with an earache, just getting into a doctor’s office can be… Read More

Scientists model over 1,000 complex proteins to help develop treatments for infectious diseases

For researchers working on cures to disease, understanding exactly how those diseases work is crucial. That’s the goal of the Seattle… Read More

Concure Oncology raises $5M to bring breast cancer treatment to the U.S.

One of the greatest fears for a recovering cancer patient is relapse: the return of cancer years or decades after it… Read More

Christine Gregoire, Lee Huntsman added to Washington Life Science Hall of Fame

The Washington Life Science Hall of Fame welcomed four new inductees into its ranks today. The honor was awarded to a quartet of… Read More

Fred Hutch receives $24M contract to expand National Cancer Institute Contact Center operations

For patients just diagnosed with cancer, or navigating complex treatment, it can be hard to know where to turn for… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith on why life sciences should buy into the ‘Cascadia Innovation Corridor’

A life sciences conference isn’t the first place you’d expect to find Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith.… Read More