Reading Time: 5 minutesAllen Institute researcher Jerome Lecoq points to one of the diagrams that was used in a study focusing on how the brain interprets optical illusions.
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Eye care giant Alcon acquires LumiThera, a Seattle-area startup behind device that treats vision loss
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLumiThera’s Valeda is an FDA-authorized treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration to improve vision. (LumiThera Photo) LumiThera, a Poulsbo, Wash.-based medical device company that has
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Fred Hutch turns 50: Seattle cancer center rose from scrappy roots to global pioneer — but giant funding cuts loom
Reading Time: 5 minutesFred Hutchinson Cancer Center is located in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. (Fred Hutch Photo) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center — an organization responsible for discoveries
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A ‘righteous’ shift in patient power: At Microsoft alumni event, execs foresee AI reinventing healthcare
Reading Time: 3 minutesMary Varghese Presti, corporate vice president, Microsoft Health & Life Sciences, with Truveta CEO Terry Myerson, former Microsoft executive. (GeekWire Photo / Maddie Stoll) REDMOND,
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Startup spun out from a Nobel Laureate’s lab partners with Eli Lilly to fight cancer with AI
Reading Time: 2 minutesLila Biologics co-founders CEO Jake Kraft, left, and Chief Scientist Anindya Roy. (Lila Photo) Lila Biologics, a startup that spun out of Nobel Laureate David
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B.C. healthy longevity company Molecular You raises $5M to expand biomarker testing
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Molecular You platform measures 250 biomarkers. (Molecular You Photo) Molecular You, a Vancouver, B.C., healthy longevity company, announced today that it has raised $5
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Former Gates Foundation leader takes helm of Washington Research Foundation
Reading Time: 2 minutesOrin Levine, incoming president and CEO of the Washington Research Foundation. (WRF Photo) The Washington Research Foundation today announced Orin Levine as its new president
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Bill Gates-backed AI competition offers $1M to accelerate Alzheimer’s research
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhoto by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash. A $1 million global competition that aims to accelerate Alzheimer’s disease research using AI launched today with support from
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Gates Foundation unveils record-setting $2.5 billion initiative focused on women’s health
Reading Time: 3 minutesGates Foundation headquarters in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion, five-year initiative focused on women’s health that
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UW researchers discover AI-powered breakthrough that could boost precision cancer treatment
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe co-lead authors of a study publishing today in Science describing AI-designed proteins for target health theraphies, from left: Julia Bonzanini, Nathan Greenwood and Bingxu
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AI model from Microsoft and UW maps out breast cancer in MRIs with unprecedented accuracy
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn AI model from researchers at the University of Washington, Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center creates heatmaps highlighting areas of
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UW scientists use AI to crack ‘undruggable’ proteins, opening door to new treatments
Reading Time: 3 minutesA protein engineered by University of Washington scientists wraps around its target. (Institute for Protein Design Image) The wiggly targets known to scientists as “intrinsically
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