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GenapSys Targeting Smaller Labs With New Low-Cost Sequencer

Nov 26, 2019
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Julia Karow
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This article has been updated to distinguish between raw and quality-filtered output of the GenapSys platform.

NEW YORK – After several years of quiet development and several pre-announcements earlier this year, GenapSys last week officially launched its sequencing platform, a lunch box-sized $10,000 instrument that uses microfluidic CMOS chips. In addition, the company announced a $90 million Series C funding round.

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