Local News NIH to Fund Hubs to Accelerate Development of Biomedical Health TechnologiesNational Institutes of Health | October 2, 2019The National Institutes of Health has awarded $20 million to fund five additional hubs designed…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More
Local News Three Collaborative Studies Launch on ‘OpenScope,’ a Shared Observatory for NeuroscienceAllen Institute for Brain Science | October 2, 2019OpenScope is now open for round two. The Allen Institute’s “shared observatory” for neuroscience has…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More
Local News Stem Cell Startup Silene Biotech Acquired by NanoSurface Biomedical in All-Seattle DealGeekWire | October 1, 2019NanoSurface Biomedical has snapped up Silene Biotech in a union of two Seattle startups that bets on the…sciencecityOctober 1, 2019 Read More
Local News Failed Alzheimer’s Drug Boosts CAR T-Cell TherapyFred Hutch | October 1, 2019They may not have made a dent against Alzheimer’s. But it turns out experimental drugs…sciencecityOctober 1, 2019 Read More
Local News Adaptive and Illumina to Make Immune Sequencing Kits for Labs, Streamlining the Detection of DiseaseGeekWire | September 30, 2019Adaptive Biotechnologies signed a deal with Illumina, the largest genetic sequencing firm in the U.S.,…sciencecitySeptember 30, 2019 Read More
Local News Genetic Study Evolves Understanding of Common Birth Defects of the BrainSeattle Children's Hospital | September 30, 2019In the largest genetic study of the most common birth defects of the brain diagnosed…sciencecitySeptember 30, 2019 Read More
Local News Machine Learning Provides Insight into DNA and Protein FunctionThe Daily | September 27, 2019Cutting edge computer science techniques and biology meet in professor of genomics William Noble’s lab, where…sciencecitySeptember 27, 2019 Read More
Local News Watchdog Organization Calls for Investigation of UW’s Animal TestingThe Daily | September 26, 2019Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), a Cincinnati-based watchdog organization for animal welfare, sent a letter…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2019 Read More
Local News An Entrepreneur’s Quest to Make Seattle a Genome Sciences HubXconomy | September 26, 2019Ivan Liachko turned postdoctoral research at the University of Washington into a company whose genomics…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2019 Read More
Local News New, Improved Human Genome Reference in the WorksUW Medicine | September 25, 2019A completely new, comprehensive human genome reference will be created in a National Institutes of…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2019 Read More