Personalis NeXT Personal

Personalis has launched NeXT Personal, a tumor-informed liquid biopsy assay designed to detect and quantify molecular residual disease and recurrence in patients previously diagnosed with cancer. The assay boasts sensitivity down to the 1 part-per-million range and uses whole-genome sequencing of a patient's tumor to identify up to 1,800 somatic variants that are subsequently used to create a personalized liquid biopsy panel for each patient. 

With broader content than other available assays, these panels can also be used to detect clinically relevant alterations with a potential impact on therapeutic decision-making. Personalis said NeXT Personal is currently for research use only and that it plans to release it as a clinical test next year.