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A Seattle biotechnology firm is making waves on Wall Street. Juno Therapeutics had a splashy initial public offering Friday, and shares climbed more than…
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The family of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has given Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center its largest-ever single gift.The $20 million…
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Two nutrient supplements once thought to protect against cancer may actually increase the risk of prostate cancer, according to a study led by researchers…
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Fifty years ago this weekend, the U.S. surgeon general released a landmark report blaming smoking for a number of health risks.A new study co-authored by…
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Editor's Note: This is the second installment of a two-part series. Learn how scorpion vemon led local researchers to the brink of discovery of a new…
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The Deathstalker scorpion is about the size of your palm. It’s yellow and surly, its venom a seething cocktail of neurotoxins.And somewhere in that poison…
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Seattle’s a hub for cancer research, and usually that means scientists are looking for cures or new treatments. Now a new project will try to tell us if…
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Three Seattleites are among the 220 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this year: Melinda Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-962147.mp3Whether or not to take hormones has become one of life’s difficult choices…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-958886.mp3The fight against diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis has made…