NIH funding

The bill, which Congress overwhelmingly approved last week, also includes additional funding for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The bill, which was overwhelming passed by both the Senate and the House, would boost the National Institutes of Health's budget by $1.25 billion.

The company said it will use the funding to integrate Oxford Nanopore Technologies' ultra-long read genomic sequencing into its service.

The National Institutes of Health also said that it has added four additional healthcare provider organizations to help advance the initiative.

The Seattle-based firm has won two grants each worth $1.9 million to develop proximity ligation assays with applications in cytogenetics.

The University of Michigan spinout will use the funds to develop its InheRET platform, increase integration with EHRs, as well as increase its workforce and userbase. 

Some of the firms will receive money to speed up test development, while others will use the funds to expand their testing and manufacturing capacity.