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Oct 21, 2016

SeqLL Launches Early Access for Revamped Helicos Platform, Expands Service Business

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The company plans to raise $25 million in a Series B financing round. It is also working on a two-color chemistry and aims to develop an instrument for clinical applications.

Oct 27, 2015

China's Direct Genomics Unveils New Targeted NGS System Based on Helicos Tech for Clinical Use

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The company is currently working with three hospitals in China and plans to launch the GenoCare system commercially in 2017.

Sep 30, 2014

SeqLL Plans to Revamp Helicos Technology

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This article was originally published Sept. 29.

Sep 18, 2014

SeqLL Raises $1M to Enhance Service Offerings on Helicos Single-Molecule Platform

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Startup SeqLL has closed a $1 million Series A financing round, which it said it will use to enhance Helicos BioSciences' single-molecule sequencing technology for scientific and diagnostic applications. Genomic Diagnostic Technologies led the investment.

Mar 11, 2014

Pathogen Search Underscores Need for Validation Steps When Sequencing Ancient Metagenomes

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Authors of a recent study in BMC Research Notes have concluded that archeological control testing and targeted verification testing are key to avoiding false-positive pathogen identification when

Nov 08, 2013

Fruit Fly Study Hints at RNA Editing Effect on Transposon-related Gene Silencing

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Researchers at Brown University and the St. Laurent Institute have found ties between RNA editing and transposon-related gene silencing in fruit flies — findings that they suspect may extend to other organisms.

Jun 17, 2013

Bankruptcy Court OKs Helicos' IP License Deals with Illumina, Life Tech, Fluidigm, Complete Genomics; Negotiations Ongoing with Roche

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US bankruptcy court in charge of Helicos BioSciences' Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization has approved deals for the company to license its intellectual pr

May 17, 2013

Helicos Seeks Bankruptcy Court Approval of Licensing Deals with Illumina, Life Tech, and Fluidigm

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Defunct next-generation sequencing technology firm Helicos BioSciences has asked a bankruptcy court to approve the licensing of intellectual property to Illumina, Life Technologies, and Fluidigm.

Mar 11, 2013

Helicos Seeks Approval to Sell Assets, IP to Employee to Form New Company

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Helicos BioSciences, currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, is seeking approval from bankruptcy court to sell its assets to an employee who plans to for

Dec 18, 2012

As Helicos Navigates Bankruptcy Process, Details Emerge on Disputes with Creditors and Customers

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Helicos will be able to use cash collateral, at least on an interim basis, to continue funding its operations as it navigates its way through the bankruptcy process and attempts to sell off its intellectual property, according to an order issued last month from the US Bankruptcy

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