Reading Time: 3 minutesPenda Health clinicians Oscar Murebu (left) and Naomi Ndwiga review information in the clinic’s electronic medical record, which includes an integrated AI consult tool for
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‘We will go on’: Global health nonprofit PATH navigates U.S. funding freeze from new Seattle HQ
Reading Time: 5 minutesPATH’s ribbon-cutting ceremony this week should have been purely celebratory. Instead, the global health nonprofit’s move to airy new Seattle offices overlooking a tree-lined ship
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GeekWire Awards: Health Innovation of the Year field is dominated by finalists battling cancer
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe GeekWire Awards finalists for Health Innovation of the Year are dominated by ventures that aim to outwit cancer with groundbreaking new technologies. The contenders
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Researchers, politicians rally for science in Seattle as part of national protest against Trump cuts
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Stand Up for Science rally in Seattle, part of a nationwide effort, filled the mural amphitheater at the Seattle Center. (Photo courtesy of Bryn
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Newborn jaundice detection tool wins grand prize at University of Wash. health innovation challenge
Reading Time: 3 minutesLuminovah won two prizes at the University of Washington’s Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge this year, including the grand prize. The team, from left: Lillian Tran,
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Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology lands $10M to support ‘DNA Typewriter’ technology
Reading Time: 2 minutesScientist Sundarshan Pinglay shows off a liquid handling instrument that automatically dispenses reagents, at the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology. (GeekWire File Photo / Charlotte
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I was biohacked at a fitness facility that uses AI and more to promote a smarter, not harder, workout
Reading Time: 6 minutesGeekWire’s Kurt Schlosser stands in the cryotherapy chamber and is subjected to -150 degree temperatures at Upgrade Labs in Bellevue, Wash. (GeekWire Photo) Artificial intelligence
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Newly launched Seattle cancer therapy startup Callio Therapeutics raises $187M
Reading Time: 2 minutesPiers Ingram, CEO of Callio Therapeutics and Hummingbird Bioscience. (Hummingbird Bioscience Photo) Biotech-focused investment firm Frazier Life Sciences has launched Callio Therapeutics, a cancer treatment
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Nautilus CEO needs investor patience in pursuit of ‘incredibly ambitious’ biotech product
Reading Time: 2 minutesSujal Patel, co-founder and CEO of Nautilus Biotechnology. (Nautilus Photo) Nautilus Biotechnology CEO Sujal Patel had to deliver tough news on a Thursday morning call with analysts.
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Nautilus Biotechnology lays off 16% of workforce, plans release of commercial platform in 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesNautilus co-founders Parag Mallick, left, and Sujal Patel. (Nautilus Photo) Nautilus Biotechnology has laid off about 16% of its workforce, reducing its headcount to 133
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‘Chilling, dramatic, horrific’: Fred Hutch leader warns of harm from Trump’s proposed funding cuts
Reading Time: 4 minutesFred Hutch Cancer Center oncologist Dr. Peter Nelson, left, explains his lab’s research to Congresswoman Suzan DelBene as Dr. Tom Lynch, Fred Hutch president and
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AI will transform parts of healthcare — but slow adoption and sales cycles could impede startups
Reading Time: 3 minutesNader Naini, managing partner at Frazier. (Frazier Photo) The rise of generative AI and other automation technologies will surely create efficiencies within the $4.5 trillion
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