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Washington and Oregon Could Lead the U.S. in Cleantech Under New Policies, Report Says

22 hours ago

renewable energy, cleantech, innovation Gregory T. Huang wrote: The Pacific Northwest could potentially be the first region in the United States to achieve 75 percent of its electricity supply from carbon-free sources …

Tagged: energy, innovation, policy, manufacturing, seattle, vc, venture capital, reports, employment, solar, sensors, communications, wind power, carbon, renewable energy, biofuels, photovoltaics, northwest, wind farms, green buildings, green tech, tax credits, clean edge, itron, smart grid, cleantech, climate solutions, bioenergy, pacific ethanol, sequential biofuels, imperium, national blog main, seattle blog main, solarworld, z jobs, advanced meters

Cooley Godward Snaps Up Heller Ehrman Refugees in Seattle

22 hours ago

Biotech, Legal, Cooley Godward Luke Timmerman wrote: Cooley Godward Kronish, a national law firm, is opening an office in Seattle five years after it left the region in the wake of the dot-com bust. The new Cooley …

Tagged: legal, seattle, biotech, life sciences, heller ehrman, seattle briefs, cooley godward
ISB, Complete Genomics Form Partnership To Sequence Multiple Human Genomes

22 hours ago

Biotech, Genomics, Institute for Systems Biology Luke Timmerman wrote: The Institute for Systems Biology and Complete Genomics, a Mountain View, CA-based maker of DNA sequencing technology, have formed a partnership …

Tagged: seattle, biotech, genomics, life sciences, seattle briefs, institute for systems biology, complete genomics

Dendreon Stock Booms As Provenge Shows Promise in Pivotal Trial

22 hours ago

Biotech, cancer, Dendreon Luke Timmerman wrote: Dendreon’s stock rocketed up 33 percent today on good news for its Provenge treatment for prostate cancer. The Seattle biotech company (NASDAQ: DNDN) said today that an …

Tagged: cancer, seattle, biotech, fda, prostate cancer, life sciences, provenge, dendreon, mitchell gold, national blog main, seattle blog main

OVP, Enterprise Partners See Big Opportunity in $5,000 Human Genome Sequencing

Oct 6, 2008

Biotech, Sequencing, Complete Genomics Luke Timmerman wrote: It’s getting cheaper by the day to sequence the entire string of 6 billion chemical units of DNA that make up an individual human being. Yesterday, Complete …

Tagged: science, biotech, applied biosystems, san diego, nature, genentech, harvard medical school, national institutes of health, sequencing, life sciences, 454 life sciences, illumina, enterprise partners, ovp venture partners, seattle blog main, leroy hood, george church, helicos biosciences, chad waite, institute for systems biology, san diego blog main, highland capital management, complete genomics, bruce bigelow, prospect venture partners, clifford reid, drew senyei