Articles about Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Can AI and a chatbot help smokers quit? New app from Fred Hutch offers personal coaching

Just in time for new year’s resolutions, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is releasing a free app that employs an… Read More

Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds IBM CFO to board; Tencent data science leader joins Seattle startup

—T-Mobile announced Thursday that IBM CFO James Kavanaugh joined its board of directors. Kavanaugh joined IBM nearly three decades ago… Read More

Combating burnout: Fred Hutch psychologist on how employers can support workers

The phrase “burnout” has taken on new meaning during the pandemic. Forty percent of people in 2020 said the pandemic… Read More

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center receives ‘transformative’ $710.5M gift from the Bezos family

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on Wednesday announced an enormous philanthropic gift of $710.5 million from Jackie and Mike Bezos, the… Read More

Fred Hutch and Amazon collaborating on clinical trial to test vaccines against cancer

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is leveraging Amazon’s machine learning expertise to collaborate on an early-stage clinical trial testing an anti-cancer… Read More

Life sciences news: Seattle researchers make Time list; ‘blowing apart’ academic promotion; and more

It was a week of accolades, partnerships and new programs in the Pacific Northwest life sciences scene. University of Washington… Read More

‘The future of cancer care’: Seattle institutions connect research, clinics under Fred Hutch name

Cancer research in the Seattle region will become more integrated with area clinics and hospitals under a new effort announced… Read More

Biotech vet Phil Greenberg on his new cancer-fighting startup and immunotherapy’s next phase

Philip Greenberg has been trying to stop cancer for decades. With Affini-T Therapeutics, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center investigator… Read More

Fred Hutch spinout Affini-T Therapeutics lands $175M for cell therapies to treat solid tumors

New funding: Affini-T Therapeutics, a cell therapy company spun out of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that aims to treat… Read More

Fred Hutch launches trial that may eliminate HIV in leukemia patients

In February, a New York woman made headlines as the third person to apparently be completely cured of HIV. She… Read More

Q&A with Fred Hutch’s new chief data officer on building a data ecosystem at an institutional scale

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has recruited a new vice president and chief data officer: biostatistician and data science… Read More

Nonprofits accept cryptocurrency as Bitcoin and Ether values spike – is it a fad or the next frontier?

As the values of Bitcoin and Ether are hovering near record highs, America’s nonprofits are in the peak months of… Read More

Fred Hutch’s Trevor Bedford receives ‘genius grant’ for work on COVID and other viruses

In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as we desperately flailed for reliable information to comprehend what had previously… Read More

Fred Hutch study: Mangling RNA may extend use of immunotherapy drugs

Experimental compounds that alter RNA boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy drugs against cancer cells and could potentially extend their use… Read More

Double dose of debate: Opinions vary on timing of COVID vaccine shots as potential 4th wave looms

With COVID-19 vaccines still in limited supply and case counts threatening to resurge, there is a debate over the benefits… Read More

Podcast

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

Fred Hutch biotech spinout Ozette raises $6M from Madrona, AI2, Vulcan

New funding: Ozette, a biotech company that last year spun out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and was… Read More

Fred Hutch, Univ. of Washington biotech spinout Ensoma launches with $70M in funding

New spinout: Boston-based biotech startup Ensoma launched Thursday and announced a $70 million Series A funding round. The company is… Read More

New COVID-19 prediction models forecast a potential fourth wave — and how to minimize it

Let’s start with the good news. The number of new COVID-19 cases in the greater Seattle area, Washington state and… Read More

Seattle researchers find clues for treatments that could eliminate HIV in infected patients

In the nearly four decades since HIV was discovered, only two people have been cured of the virus that has… Read More

What you need to know about the newly detected, more contagious COVID-19 variant

In a final parting shot, 2020 delivered this bit of late-breaking bad news: A new variant of COVID-19 has emerged… Read More

Washington health officials outline distribution plans as FDA approves first COVID vaccine

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday evening approved the first COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, experts are… Read More

Fred Hutch’s holiday gala going virtual with singer Sheryl Crow and a celebration of ‘fearless science’

In her biggest hit, Sheryl Crow sings about how all she wants to do is have some fun. It can… Read More

Research alliance co-founded by Fred Hutch and Microsoft announces initial cancer studies

A collaboration to share data between top Pacific Northwest cancer research groups has announced its first three projects, focused on… Read More

Fred Hutch researchers uncover new genetic details of White House COVID-19 outbreak

Since it was revealed in early October, details about President Trump’s COVID-19 infection have been in short supply, including the… Read More

Science, art and humor on display in Fred Hutch’s Halloween pumpkin carving contest

Looking for a little levity in a world where science is tackling its fair share of tough problems, doctors and… Read More

Fred Hutch opens dedicated research center in Seattle to test treatments for COVID-19 patients

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is opening a new facility dedicated to testing treatments for people who have tested… Read More

Junior Geek of the Month: Future doctor Nicole Magaki wants to make health care more accessible

Nicole Magaki doesn’t just want to be a doctor. She wants to help doctors help more people. A 17-year-old from… Read More

New research from Fred Hutch shows that an app can dramatically help smokers quit

An app developed by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is nearly four times more effective at helping smokers quit… Read More

Researchers create synthetic proteins that use logic to choose which cells to kill

The age of molecular-scale computing is entering a new era, thanks to the development of a system that uses synthetic… Read More