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Athira Pharma raises $90 million as Bothell firm shifts focus
Bothell-based Athira Pharma is raising $90 million as it shifts its primary focus from neurological diseases to breast cancer. The company announced a $90 million
‘Scientist-as-a-Service’: Seattle startup Pauling.AI aims to shrink drug discovery timelines by months
Seattle-area startup Pauling.AI is using artificial intelligence to automate early drug discovery steps, reducing processes that once took three to six months down to weeks.
Seattle startup Casera emerges from PSL to help hospital managers clear bottlenecks with help from AI
Seattle-based startup Casera is emerging from Pioneer Square Labs with an AI-powered software platform designed to automate case management tasks and support patient flow
Microsoft, Providence and UW create AI that unlocks tumor insights at a scale previously out of reach
Researchers from Microsoft, Providence, and the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering have developed an AI model that generates
UW Nobel winner’s lab releases most powerful protein design tool yet
The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has announced advances to its AI-powered protein engineering platform, including an improved enzyme-designing model and the debut
UW: Anonymous $50M gift will help pay tuition for med lab science students
An anonymous Washington state donor has committed more than $50 million to cover senior-year clinical rotation tuition for University of Washington medical laboratory science students.
AWB Celebrates Standout Washington Employers
Spokane-based Jubilant HollisterStier received the Manufacturing Excellence Award for Operational Excellence at the Association of Washington Business’ 2025 Evening of Excellence. The company was recognized
Pfizer’s mRNA flu shot outperforms standard flu vaccine in late-stage trial
Pfizer reported that its mRNA flu vaccine candidate outperformed a traditional flu shot in a large Phase 3 trial. In a trial of more than
BMS boosts cancer trials with Sarah Cannon’s clinical research platform
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) announced an expansion of its partnership with Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) to integrate BMS’s oncology pipeline into SCRI’s Accelero clinical
Behind the Science: Problem Solving Inside a Fast-Paced CDMO
When Gilbert Martinez, PhD talks about his work at AGC Biologics, he describes a world where the science moves fast, challenges appear without warning, and
Seattle’s AI-Biotech Leaders See Hype, Hope, and Hard Problems
A Seattle AI Leadership Summit co-hosted by Life Science Washington and Madrona brought together regional tech and biotech leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges
Scientists create a supercomputer simulation that can reveal how the brain works, neuron by neuron
Researchers at Seattle’s Allen Institute and partner institutions in Japan created a whole-cortex mouse brain simulation using the Fugaku supercomputer. The simulation models nearly 10