Tute Genomics closes additional Series A1 funding
Intermountain Healthcare, Healthbox and Tencent provided the capital, helping the company's efforts to enable genome-guided, individualized medicine.
Twist Bioscience raises $37M Series C from Illumina
The fresh capital will allow the company to accelerate into a beta commercial launch this fall; the money will also go towards enhancing the user experience.
BaseHealth API allows developers to integrate genomic data into their apps
Built on the BaseHealth assessment engine, the API leverages genomic data, clinical and behavioral analysis to provide evidence-based health assessments.
Precision BioSciences raises $25.6 million Series A
The financing will help the company develop the next-gen genome editing platform and significantly accelerate the development of its product pipeline.
Apple, partners working on ResearchKit apps that would include personal DNA data
The apps, based on Apple's ResearchKit platform, will offer some iPhone owners the chance to get their DNA tested, many of them for the first time.
23andMe gets FDA’s approval for Bloom Syndrome test
It's not really the same thing as 23andMe's original offering which screened for 254 diseases, but it's an important step in the right direction.
Personalis raises $33M Series C Financing
The money will be used to advance the company's genome-scale sequencing and interpretation services for inherited genetic disease and cancer.
UCLA engineers create a smartphone-based fluorescence microscope
The device and the app connect the smartphone to a server at UCLA, which rapidly measures the lengths of the individual DNA molecules.
Tute Genomics raises $2.3M for its cloud-based genome analytics platform
The Series A1 funding round was led by UK-based Eurovestech, with participation from Peak Ventures, and a number of angel investors.
Prenetics raises $2.65M to drive its non-invasive DNA testing service
The device processes specific data retrieved from breath and analyzes that to graphically produce user friendly information on an accompanying smartphone app.