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Seattle startup aiming to detect, treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease raises cash

AltPep CEO and founder Valerie Daggett. (AltPep Photo) The news: University of Washington spinout AltPep recently raised $44.4 million, according to a regulatory filing. The company declined to discuss the filing, but founder and CEO Valerie Daggett spoke with GeekWire about AltPep’s progress on its experimental blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease at the earliest…