Researchers say they’ve accomplished a feat that was said to be impossible 46 years ago: mapping the cells in a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and tracing their activity. The… Read More
Proprio, a Seattle startup using artificial intelligence for improved surgical precision, received its second major clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to include measurements taken during operations, the… Read More
Avian flu, mad cow disease, hantavirus, black plague and other notorious ailments originated with animals and made the jump to humans. Now scientists at Washington State University have built a… Read More
Seattle health tech startup Xealth today announced new funding from Morningside Ventures. The investment will help the company’s development of its digital healthcare delivery platform. Xealth did not disclose the… Read More
Cardiac Dimensions, a Kirkland, Wash., company with a technology to treat heart valve malfunction, has raised $53 million from investors. Its total funding is more than $200 million. Cardiac Dimensions… Read More
In a race against time, a smartwatch might be the best defense. More specifically, the time concern is the loss of pulse brought on by cardiac arrest. And the defense… Read More
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
Physician-scientist Chetan Seshadri wasn’t planning to speak at Stand Up for Science in Seattle, one of more than 30 rallies held across the U.S. on Friday to counteract the Trump… Read More
A trio of students from the University of Washington won the grand prize at the UW’s Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge for their non-invasive jaundice-detecting technology. “The whole motivation is we… Read More
The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is receiving a $10 million grant to support the training of new scientists and the launch of biotech startups pursuing therapies for human diseases.… Read More
Artificial intelligence is already doing some heavy lifting for us at work. Now the technology is being used to help us lift weights during a workout. AI is just one… Read More
Biotech-focused investment firm Frazier Life Sciences has launched Callio Therapeutics, a cancer treatment startup with headquarters in Seattle and Singapore. Frazier led a $187 million Series A round, announced Monday,… Read More
Nautilus Biotechnology CEO Sujal Patel had to deliver tough news on a Thursday morning call with analysts. The company has laid off 25 workers, or about 16% of its workforce, and pushed… Read More
Nautilus Biotechnology has laid off about 16% of its workforce, reducing its headcount to 133 employees and helping provide a cash runway that extends into 2027. CEO Sujal Patel shared the news… 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
The rise of generative AI and other automation technologies will surely create efficiencies within the $4.5 trillion healthcare industry. But for early stage startups taking a swing at digital health,… Read More
Seattle-based global health nonprofit PATH announced this week that it is reducing its workforce in response to Trump administration efforts to slash federal funding to research institutions. The number of… Read More
Kestra Medical Technologies, a Kirkland, Wash.-based company selling cardiac monitoring and therapeutic devices, filed for an initial public offering on Monday. The company’s revenue more than tripled from $7.6 million… Read More
Dopl Technologies, a Seattle startup working to bring diagnostic exams and interventional procedures to underserved communities via telerobotics, raised $1.5 million in a recent pre-seed funding round. Co-founder and CEO… Read More
When Luca Foschini, head of Seattle’s Sage Bionetworks, described the impact of the Trump administration’s efforts to freeze federal grants this week, it sounded like a run on the banks… Read More
Seattle-based clinical staffing provider Ro Health landed investment from LightBay Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, to fuel growth, pursue strategic acquisitions and partnerships, and invest further in technology.… Read More
Quick, take a picture of me — you’re looking at the hero of Christmas! Better yet, let’s have my 6th-grade daughter take it with the new iPhone we got her.… Read More
Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in fresh funding and an ambitious new initiative to create a giant genomic dataset. The new investment — which comes from 17 health… Read More
Tune Therapeutics, a biotech company with headquarters in Seattle and Durham, N.C., raised $175 million in one of the largest funding rounds for a Seattle-area startup in recent years. Tune… Read More
Variant Bio today announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk for disease research and development that could total $50 million for the biotech startup. The Seattle company is working with genetically… Read More
COVID-19, at the moment, might feel safely in the rearview mirror. But other respiratory viruses and bacterial-caused walking pneumonia are stoking human health concerns — and COVID is far from… Read More
When my ailing 86-year-old dad refused food and water last winter, the guidance from his longtime primary care doctor was useless bordering on cruel: “Take him to the ER.” My… Read More
Prenuvo, providers of full-body MRI screenings designed to detect cancer and other diseases early, announced the opening and location of its first clinic in Seattle on Thursday. The clinic will… Read More
Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize, the latest venture to spin out from his lab — Archon Biosciences — has emerged from stealth… Read More
I’m lucky to be here writing this. If it’s possible to be eye-rolled off the planet, I nearly suffered that fate this week, when I mentioned to my 11-year-old daughter… Read More
