Health Tech Podcast

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Biotech boom: How life sciences emerged from ‘the doldrums’ in Seattle and Washington state

Leslie Alexandre has seen a lot from her perch surveying Washington state’s life sciences landscape. She is set to retire… Read More

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This is Amazon’s at-home COVID-19 test kit: We tried it and talked to a testing expert about it

Amazon launched an at-home COVID-19 test kit for U.S. consumers last month, broadening the options for people to get tested… Read More

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Testing Amazon Pharmacy: Tech giant’s clever system collides with realities of modern healthcare

Amazon’s move into healthcare is multifaceted, including COVID-19 testing, its Halo health band and service, cloud services for healthcare and… Read More

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How this tech engineer is using his son’s rare disease as inspiration to disrupt drug development

Before their son was born, Sanath Kumar Ramesh and his wife Ramya had normal first-time-parent jitters. Ramesh, who works for… Read More

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Microsoft gives $5M to UW Medicine to use AI to accelerate response to next pandemic

The speed of the creation of vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 was a modern marvel. You might… Read More

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‘The Code Breaker’ author Walter Isaacson on the genetic revolution, regional hubs and ethical lines

Walter Isaacson has studied and written extensively about the physics and technology revolutions as the biographer of such figures as… Read More

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This scientist is searching for secrets of life in close brushes with death

To help people live, Mark Roth scrutinizes those who’ve come frighteningly close to dying. People who have been lost in… Read More

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Testing a new COVID-19 test: How T-cells beat antibodies in helping to detect past infections

On a cold, clear weekday morning last month, my quest to figure out whether I had COVID-19 in the early… Read More

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14 U.S. health systems form new Seattle startup, plan to pool data in search for breakthroughs

A group of 14 U.S. health systems, representing tens of millions of patients across 40 states, will pool their data… Read More

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Amazon’s Halo tests the limits of personal privacy, and offers a glimpse of the future of health

A few weeks ago, I started wearing a new health band. I gave it permission to eavesdrop on my side… Read More

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A view from the front lines: COVID-19’s lasting impact on the technology and science of healthcare

To say that Dr. Brad Younggren has a unique perspective on COVID-19 would be an understatement — because he actually… Read More

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Wait, was that COVID?! Revisiting the early days of the pandemic to investigate a viral mystery

One of our favorite things at GeekWire is to try something new on our beats and write about it. We… Read More

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Beyond the pill bottle: Why this health tech startup sees a big future in remote patient monitoring

The last time we caught up with Pillsy co-founders Jeff LeBrun and Chuks Onwuneme, three years ago, they were focused… Read More

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Inside the quest for a new COVID-19 test: Microsoft, Adaptive Biotech and the hidden power of immunity

In the realm of diagnostic tests for COVID-19, there are two main approaches: PCR tests, which detect the presence of… Read More

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COVID-19 mental health crunch puts impetus on psychedelic drug innovation, doctor says

As the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues to grow, the looming mental health crisis creates an urgent need for innovation, putting… Read More

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Oregon psychedelic startup tests nasal spray for PTSD, depression as legislative momentum builds

If you want to know just how quickly public sentiment around psychedelics is changing, consider this: Gwyneth Paltrow sent her… Read More

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Eye on autism: Inside the quest to develop an objective test for a disorder that impacts millions

SPOKANE, Wash. — If you showed up at an emergency room with a heart attack, you’d expect to receive some… Read More

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How the COVID-19 pandemic has already changed health care technology, and what’s next

Much of the current focus in health care is rightly on the near-term challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. But beyond… Read More

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As hospitals run low on protective gear, tech workers are on a quest to help fill the shortage

The coronavirus outbreak in Washington state has not yet reached the “peak” that some public health officials anticipate, but already… Read More

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AI vs. Coronavirus: How artificial intelligence is now helping in the fight against COVID-19

Artificial intelligence often raises concerns about privacy, bias and trickery in areas such as facial recognition and deep fake videos.… Read More

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Coronavirus and the future of vaccines: Inside the quest to develop faster responses to epidemics

As part of his work in global health, Bill Gates has warned for years about the potential for an unchecked… Read More

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Interview: New Fred Hutch president on the fight against cancer, and the tech industry’s central role

Dr. Thomas Lynch is in his first week as the new leader of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, but… Read More

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Scientists pursue new genetic insights for health: Inside the world of ‘deep mutational scanning’

It has been nearly two decades since scientists accomplished the first complete sequencing of the human genome. This historic moment… Read More

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DIY AI: One mom’s quest to use machine learning to help others detect a rare fetal condition

Melissa Mulholland was 16 weeks pregnant with her second child when her doctor noticed something unusual in an ultrasound scan.… Read More

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Meet the hacker professor who’s saving lives with smart devices and sonar

Shyam Gollakota has come a long way since his first day as a university undergraduate. “I didn’t know how to… Read More

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Doctor Bot: How artificial intelligence is already changing healthcare, and what’s coming next

Artificial intelligence is at the center of many emerging technologies today, and perhaps nowhere are the implications more meaningful than… Read More

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Why this cancer researcher (and survivor) is climbing Kilimanjaro to raise money to study cancer

Kristin Anderson has already fought cancer in more ways than one. She’s a cancer survivor whose battle with breast cancer… Read More

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Can virtual assistants make healthcare more human? Startups create voice tech for doctors and patients

Peek into a random hospital room in the U.S. today, and you might see something that makes you cynical about… Read More

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Paging Dr. Alexa: Hospitals call on voice assistants, envisioning ‘massive’ impact on healthcare

Voice assistants are coming to the hospital. Last month, Amazon Alexa announced a new skill that made the platform compliant… Read More

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Big eye drops are a giant problem, and this student startup is challenging the industry with its solution

Nanodropper, a medical device startup founded by a group of University of Washington students, has developed an adapter that makes… Read More