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Released from court oversight, a Seattle research institution rebrands and resets

GeekWire

After cutting budgets and paying debts, the institute has now re-emerged as a leaner enterprise with new philanthropic support. It also was set up as a nonprofit that operated like a biotech company, taking discoveries through early-stage research to manufacturing and clinical trials. The project is funded by the U.S.

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Seattle Children’s Therapeutics leverages biotech innovation in quest for new treatments for kids

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Can a nonprofit research institution operate more effectively by taking a page from the commercial biotech industry? In addition to supporting Seattle Children’s research, the nonprofit facility will provide resources and space for outside partner institutions and biotech companies working on pediatric medicine.

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When your job helps the rest of America work

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“Child care workers, the people providing this labor and this service that is absolutely vital to the continuing of our economy and families, are so underpaid that they can’t afford to cover their basic needs,” said Asha Banerjee, an economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank. Starting a day care isn’t easy.

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New federal pollution rules for automakers will boost Washington state EV goals 

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Last year, more than 13% of registrations for new passenger vehicles in Washington were either battery powered or plug-in hybrid vehicles, according to the state Department of Licensing. And changes are speeding-up,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in response to the WMO report. including the presidential race.

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