The GeekWire Awards finalists for Health Innovation of the Year are dominated by ventures that aim to outwit cancer with groundbreaking new technologies. The contenders range from a newly formed… Read More
Leaders and researchers at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center didn’t mince words on Tuesday when describing the potential impact of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to overhead funding. If the… Read More
Four national cancer research organizations, spearheaded by Seattle’s Fred Hutch Cancer Center, will work together in an unprecedented alliance to use artificial intelligence to battle cancer. The newly established Cancer… Read More
— Brian Cook, former CEO of Nintex and founder of Incredible Capital, is now CEO of WellSaid Labs, a Seattle startup developing AI synthetic voice technology. Cook helped start Nintex in… Read More
Just in time for new year’s resolutions, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is releasing a free app that employs an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot to help people stop smoking. Through an… Read More
— Kevin Dallas, a longtime Seattle-area tech and finance executive, was named CEO and board member of Bedford, Mass.-based enterprise software company EnterpriseDB (EDB). Dallas spent almost 25 years at… Read More
Affini-T Therapeutics, a cell therapy company spun out of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that aims to treat solid tumors, is closing its Seattle lab.
In an effort to fight online medical disinformation and raise money for research, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is tapping into video games. The Stream for Fred Hutch charity program… Read More
Bacteria that colonize tumors may contribute to cancer progression, suggests new research from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. The oral bacterium Fusobacterium nucleatum is found in dental plaque and also lurks… Read More
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on Wednesday announced an enormous philanthropic gift of $710.5 million from Jackie and Mike Bezos, the parents of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, pledged on behalf of… Read More
A gift of $78 million will seed a new institute at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and support research into precision oncology, a field that aims to assess the biological makeup… Read More
Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical advisor and a leader of the country’s COVID-19 response, made a pit stop in Seattle for a fireside chat at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center… Read More
— Tanuja Korlepra, a former Amazon and Microsoft product management leader, has been named chief technology officer of USAFacts, the Bellevue, Wash.-based nonpartisan civic data initiative founded by former Microsoft… Read More
Cancer research in the Seattle region will become more integrated with area clinics and hospitals under a new effort announced Friday. “It’s the future of cancer care and cancer research,”… Read More
Philip Greenberg has been trying to stop cancer for decades. With Affini-T Therapeutics, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center investigator may finally have his chance. The company announced $175 million… Read More
— Mobile marketplace OfferUp hired former Splunk VP of Engineering Melissa Binde as its new CTO. Binde previously held senior engineering roles at Google, Nordstrom and Persistent Systems. She was… Read More
— Leafly announced its new six-member board of directors whose appointments will be effective after its pending SPAC merger with New York-based Merida Merger Corp is completed. The new board… Read More
— Enterprise sales startup Highspot appointed four new executives: Arvind Prakash as VP of product management. Most recently VP of product management at real estate company Compass, Prakash was previously… Read More
— Tomo, a new real estate startup led by ex-Zillow leaders, announced Sarah Makar as CMO. She is also a Zillow alum and was most previously SVP of marketing at… Read More
— Seattle startup Cloudentity appointed CloudCoreo co-founder Jason Needham as its new CEO and a member of the board. Needham was most recently senior director of multi-cloud security at VMware,… Read More
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, University of Washington scientist Deborah Fuller did a quick pivot to the new virus. Her skills in vaccine research had been honed for many years… Read More
Cancer care and research in the Pacific Northwest may undergo a shift next year with a new partnership structure among Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s,… Read More
Experimental compounds that alter RNA boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy drugs against cancer cells and could potentially extend their use to more patients, suggests a study in mice from the… Read More
Dr. Melody Campbell was an undergraduate student when she first noticed the beauty and power of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a technique that uses extreme temperatures and an electron microscope… Read More
As data shows racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, a new study has found racial and ethnic inequities across nearly a decade of U.S. vaccine trials. Minority communities and older… Read More
— The University of Washington announced a new partnership with the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), a program within the Department of Defense, that will spur students and researchers to… Read More
About 80% of people infected with the novel coronavirus don’t spread the infection to anyone else, leaving the so-called super spreaders as the drivers of the global pandemic that has… Read More
From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, genetic sleuths have been at the forefront in the global effort to monitor SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. By comparing the… Read More
A public-private partnership called Operation Warp Speed is aiming to get multiple vaccines approved by the end of the year to protect against COVID-19 — but two veterans of the… Read More
