2 patient cases of Legionella pneumonia reported
On Jun. 10, 2025, two patients treated within the past two months at the University of Washington Medical…
Scientists test real-time view of brain’s waste removal
On May 27, 2025, a research team from the University of Washington Medical Center and the University of…
tularemia Identified in stranded beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska
On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Alaska Anchorage, ans Colorado…
3D-printed device advances human tissue modeling
On May 22, 2025, an interdisciplinary group of researchers at UW Medicine and the University of Washington announced…
Allen Institute launches CellScapes initiative to transform our understanding of how human cells build tissues and organs
On May 15, 2025, the Allen Institute announced the launch of CellScapes, a bold new research initiative aimed at…
Measles case in visitor to King County: Multiple locations of possible exposure
On May 13, 2025, Seattle & King County was notified of a confirmed measles case in a Canadian…
Gates to give away virtually all of His wealth in the next twenty Years
On May 8, 2025, Bill Gates announced that he has decided to give away his money back to…
Agriculture | Biotechnology | Genomics | USDA
WSU’s Jon Oatley helps lead congressionally mandated report on genetically modified food animals
On Apr. 23, 2025, a Washington State University researcher was reported among a select few scientists who unveiled…
King County Reports Fifth case of measles in Washington state identified in an infant
On Apr. 22, 2025, Seattle & King County was notified of a confirmed measles case in a King…
Child ADHD risk linked to mother’s use of acetaminophen
On Feb. 20, 2025, researchers from the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Research Institute announced findings from…
Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Neurology | Therapeutics
FDA approved first drug to treat agitation symptoms associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease
On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the supplemental approval of Otsuka Pharmaceutical…
US FDA Says Yes to First University-made Sausage from Gene-edited Pigs
On May 3, 2023, Washington State University (WSU) made history in the United States (US) by becoming the…
Cell by cell, scientists building a high-resolution map of brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease
On Jul. 28, 2022, the Allen Institute announced a newly released dataset of 1.2M cells from brain donors…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics | Women's Health
Fred Hutch and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance unite, reshaped relationship with UW Medicine
On Apr. 1, 2022, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) announced a…
Mandatory masking in schools reduced COVID-19 cases during Delta surge
On Mar. 10, 2022, schools with mandatory masking during the Delta surge had approximately 72% fewer cases of…
CytoDyn reaches agreement with Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in Brazil to conduct two COVID-19 trials
On May 5, 2021, CytoDyn announced an agreement to partner with the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital (AEIH) in…
iBio advanced COVID-19 LicKM-subunit vaccine candidate, IBIO-201
On Sept. 9, 2020, iBio announced that it had selected IBIO-201, its LicKMﾙ-ubunit vaccine, as its leading candidate…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
Seattle researchers teamed up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s disease
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Allen Institute announced a new a new $40.5 million collaborative research center in…
Fred Hutch, NIH experts outlined plan for COVID-19 vaccines
On May 11, 2020, in a perspective published by the journal Science, Dr. Larry Corey from the Fred…
Fred Hutch team launched hunt for coronavirus antibodies
On Apr. 2, 2020, a team of scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle began searching…
Genome of 8,500-year-old North American skeleton, known as Kennewick Man, was sequenced
On Jun. 18, 2015, a study, “The Ancestry and Affiliations of Kennewick Man” in the journal Nature, based…
OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team up to accelerate biomedical discovery
On May 6, 2015, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National…
Syntrix Biosystems won $115 million judgment in patent case against Illumina, the largest patent verdict in Washington state history
On Nov. 7, 2013 – Syntrix Biosystems announced a federal court in Tacoma, had granted the Auburn-based company…
DNA analysis unearthed origins of Minoans, the first major European civilization
On May 14, 2013, a University of Washington led team announced that DNA analysis had unearthed the origins…
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance House opened a state-of-the-art, 80-room, ‘green building’
In Sept. 2009, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) House opened. A state-of-the-art, 80-room, ‘green building,’ SCCA House offers…
Hutch scientists put advanced cancerous tumor into long-term remission by reprogramming patient’s T cells
On Jun. 18, 2008, Fred Hutch researchers described the first successful use of a human patient’s cloned infection-fighting…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics | Women's Health
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance introduced the Mammovan, making digital mammography more accessible
In 2008, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance introduced the Mammovan, making digital mammography more accessible to women throughout…
The Allen Institute for Brain Science Completed the Brain Atlas
On Sept. 26, 2006, the Allen Institute for Brain Science announced the completion of the groundbreaking Allen Brain…
UW Doctor performed SCCA’s first video-assisted thoracic surgery
In 2005, Dr. Michael Mulligan from the University of Washington performed Seattle Cancer Care Alliance’s (SCCA) first video-assisted…
The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance opened its doors
On Jan. 19, 2001, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance outpatient clinic opened, the final phase in a more…