Seattle genomics startup Variant Bio signs deal with Novo Nordisk worth up to $50M Variant Bio today announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk for disease research and development that could total $50 million for… Read More
OceanGate plans environmental DNA survey during this summer’s dives to Titanic shipwreck site What’s lurking at the Titanic shipwreck site, nearly 13,000 feet beneath the surface of the North Atlantic? Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate… Read More
Human genome sequencing rises to the next level of diversity and accuracy Twenty years after the first human genome sequence was published, an international research team has kicked the sequencing game to… Read More
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, experts lay out 10-point plan for a genomic revolution in public health From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, genetic sleuths have been at the forefront in the global effort to… Read More
Genetic analysis suggests coronavirus infections double every six days, spreading to hundreds Update for 5:50 p.m. PT May 28: An updated analysis proposes a different scenario for the origins of the U.S.… Read More
Microsoft and Jackson Lab tackle cancer genetics with ‘human-computer symbiosis’ The rise of therapies that target tumors based on their genetic profile is revolutionizing how we treat cancer. It’s also… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Silicon Valley’s impact on America; National Day of Civic Hacking; and more — Since Silicon Valley became home to the development of computer chips, tech has grown into something that’s seamlessly woven… Read More
Genomics pioneer Lee Hood says biological age will be key to the future of medicine How old are you? It’s an easy question to answer unless the person asking it is healthcare innovator Leroy (Lee)… Read More
National ‘All of Us’ campaign aims to enlist a million genomes for precision medicine Eric Dishman is a living, breathing advertisement for the ambitious experiment he’s in charge of, the National Institutes of Health’s… Read More
UW, Seattle Children’s and Fred Hutch launch $50M Institute for Precision Medicine, using genetics to revolutionize health When the Human Genome Project launched in 1990, it was a scientific undertaking unlike anything the world had seen. Building… Read More
With $1M in funding, Phase Genomics looks to crack genetic codes and discover unknown bacteria Bacteria lurk pretty much anywhere you look, in numbers and varieties worthy of a horror movie. The challenge for scientists… 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
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
Study: Real-time data sharing could prevent future epidemics like Ebola The recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa was the most deadly outbreak of the disease ever recorded, infecting 28,000 people… Read More
Big data (and volunteers) help scientists solve hundreds of protein puzzles Molecular biologists have enlisted cutting-edge trends in genomics and big data to get a grip on one of the grand… Read More
Chinese genomics giant BGI announces new Seattle office BGI, the Shenzhen, China,-based genomics giant, announced today that it has opened a Seattle office as part of a major expansion… Read More
