Health/Life Sciences – Page 50 of 54

Qliance healthcare startup cites lender fraud for sudden shutdown as patients are left in the lurch

Qliance Medical Management — a Seattle-based healthcare startup originally backed by investors including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, TV personality Drew Carey and… Read More

Forget the Q-tips: This startup’s headphones clean out your ears in just 35 seconds

Earwax build-up is a nasty fact of life for many people, some of whom go to great lengths to clean… Read More

New app from MedBridge aims to help patients keep on top of rehabilitation therapy

For most people, treatment for a health problem doesn’t end when they leave the hospital — in fact, sticking to the in-home… Read More

Seattle nonprofit to battle cancer in Africa with help from biotech industry

As progress is being made against deadly infectious diseases in Africa and other parts of the developed world, a new… Read More

Digital health startup Conversa raises $8M, plans to scale up Portland office

Conversa, a digital health startup based in San Francisco, announced an $8 million funding round Wednesday. The new funds will… Read More

Medical startup originally backed by Jeff Bezos and other big name investors reportedly closing

Qliance Medical Management Inc. — a Seattle-based primary care provider originally backed by the likes of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — is… Read More

Chinese genomics giant BGI announces West Coast Innovation Center to fuel international collaboration

Seattle’s history in genomics is long and storied. It’s home to organizations including the University of Washington, genomics pioneer Dr.… Read More

Genoa Pharmaceuticals raises $62M for clinical trials and names Bruce Montgomery CEO

Genoa Pharmaceuticals — a biopharmaceutical company working on treatments for respiratory diseases — was operating under the radar just last week.… Read More

One Medical opens new tech-driven, membership-based primary care center in Seattle

Alternatives to the traditional healthcare system are becoming more popular than ever, and one of those alternatives is expanding to the Seattle… Read More

Seattle Children’s Hospital to test new VR medical technology that could change the lives of patients

A medical diagnosis can be one of the most terrifying and confusing days of a patient’s life. Doctors often struggle… Read More

UW researchers map widening gap in life expectancy and call for policy changes

A county-by-county survey of U.S. life expectancy reports a 20-year gap between the lows and the highs – a gap that… Read More

Juno Therapeutics’ revenue surges on Celgene partnership, loss increases on R&D spending

Seattle-based biotech juggernaut Juno Therapeutics delivered mixed results in its 2017 quarter one earnings report Thursday — the first financial report… Read More

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How cutting-edge genetic tests for kids are creating a conundrum for parents

We often think of genetic mutations as ominous, life-threatening mistakes in our biology. But the reality is actually much different:… Read More

Ventec Life Systems raises $7M to bring portable life-support system to market

Imagine for a moment that your spouse, parent or child has been diagnosed with a life-changing condition. They need constant… Read More

Seattle entrepreneurs unveil Pillsy, a smart pill bottle that helps patients stay on top of medication

Taking medication on a schedule seems like it should be simple. You have one pill with breakfast and another with dinner,… Read More

Seattle Genetics reports $109M in quarterly revenue, narrowly beating expectations

Seattle-based biotech company Seattle Genetics announced a revenue of $109 million for the first quarter of 2017 Thursday, narrowly beating… Read More

Bad news for malaria: Innovations from Seattle deployed to fight one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases

Joseph Mutale’s career reads like many others in the tech industry. He graduated from the University of Austin in Texas,… Read More

Talking toilets: Bill Gates uses 360 video to show how India is winning in its clean sanitation battle

There’s a lot of things we take for granted in developed countries: safe drinking water, constant access to electricity and,… Read More

Mpirica Health raises $4.6M for hospital-ranking platform, a ‘batting average’ for surgeries

One of the first things we do when deciding where to buy a house or what company to work for is… Read More

Fred Hutch Study: Novel immunotherapy tech made tumors shrink, a good sign for future treatments

Immunotherapy — treatments that harness the body’s immune system to fight cancer — have seen promising results in blood cancers like… Read More

Filings show Juno executives took hits to their compensation following failed clinical trial

This time last year, Seattle biotech company Juno Therapeutics was on its way to having the first CAR T immunotherapy… Read More

Healthcare tech company Accolade integrates family leave assistance with new partnership

Accolade, a healthcare technology company led by the two founders of Concur, announced Monday that it is partnering with Memphis-based… Read More

Cardiac Insight raises $4.5M, wins FDA approval to launch wearable ECG sensor

Consumer wearables, like smart watches and Fitbits, are becoming ever more popular. But wearable medical technology has remained somewhat absent… Read More

Alpine Immune Sciences raising $17M in advance of merger with Colorado pharmaceutical company

Seattle biotech company Alpine Immune Sciences is raising $17 million as part of a merger with Nivalis, a publicly-traded pharmaceutical firm… Read More

Alphabet’s Verily recruiting 10,000 volunteers to share medical data for giant health study

Despite our ever-advancing medical technology, there’s still a lot we don’t know about how people develop some of the world’s… Read More

Washington state OKs Fred Hutch license plates to raise funds for cancer research

When new car owners are picking license plates in Washington state, they can choose to pay a bit extra for a… Read More

Biotech standout Juno plans Bay Area office, hires ex-Genentech exec as R&D president

Juno Therapeutics announced Monday that a former Genentech executive, Dr. Sunil Agarwal, has joined the company as its new President of… Read More

Fred Hutch study: New nanoparticle immunotherapy could replace chemo as front-line cancer treatment

Dr. Matthias Stephan has a vision: cancer-killing immunotherapy that is so cheap and easy to access it replaces chemotherapy as the… Read More

M3 Biotechnology gets another $1.4M in funding, prepares to start clinical trials of leading drug candidate

Seattle-based M3 Biotechnology announced it has received a $1.4 million investment from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, allowing it to begin… Read More

Scientists unveil new CRISPR tool, dubbed SHERLOCK, which could revolutionize how we detect diseases

A coalition of scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard unveiled a new CRISPR tool today that could… Read More