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International Team Debuts New Platform for DIY Genetic Analysis and Interpretation
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Called Personal Access to Genome and Analysis of Natural Traits, or PAGEANT, the platform enables users to analyze and interpret their genomic data at no cost.

23andMe Gains Foothold in Primary Care, Disease Prevention With Lemonaid Health Acquisition
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The consumer genetic testing giant sees the $400 million deal as a catalyst for personalized healthcare.

23andMe to Acquire Telemedicine Platform Company Lemonaid Health for $400M in Cash, Stock

Lemonaid Health, based in San Francisco, offers a platform that provides online access to a variety of telemedicine and pharmacy services.

Phosphorus Wins Conditional New York State Approval for GeneCompass Consumer Test

The firm's health screening sequencing assay, which retails at $249 and covers a panel of over 400 genes, will now be available to consumers in all 50 states.

Sequencing Firm Phosphorus Tests Limits of Comprehensive Consumer Genomics With GeneCompass
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The company is providing its 400-gene test through a physician-involved DTC model akin to Color and Invitae, but with content across a much larger swath of disease and health.

Jul 26, 2021

Canine Genetics Firm Embark Veterinary Raises $75M in Series B Round

Jul 19, 2021

Genetic Technologies to Acquire DTC Genetic Test Provider EasyDNA for $4M

Jan 21, 2021

Ancestry Shutters Health Offering, Raising Questions About Future of Consumer Genomics
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Jan 7, 2021

Consumer DNA Testing Firm MyDNA Merges With Gene by Gene

Dec 29, 2020

23andMe Raises $82.5M in Private Financing

Dec 10, 2020

Following Acquisition, UK Firm MyHealthChecked Launches SARS-CoV-2 Consumer Testing Service
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Aug 4, 2020

Fulgent Genetics Revenues More Than Double in Q2, Driven by COVID-19 Testing

Aug 3, 2020

Ancestry Rolls Out Sequencing-Based Health Offering Focused on Common Conditions
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May 29, 2020

BTIG Initiates Coverage of Fulgent Genetics

May 26, 2020

NantOmics Shuts Down Genos Direct-to-Consumer Genomics Services

May 4, 2020

Fulgent Genetics Q1 Revenues Jump 44 Percent

Apr 24, 2020

Ancestry to Make Consumer Genomics Database Available for COVID-19 Research Project

Mar 6, 2020

As Consumer Genomics Market Cools, Providers Ponder Better Ways to Reach Customers
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Feb 14, 2020

Amid Customer Complaints, Genetic Testing Firm Pathway OME Acquired by OME Wellness
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Feb 6, 2020

Dante Labs Taps BC Platforms for Informatics Support as NGS Testing Ramps Up
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Jan 15, 2020

Veritas Genetics Restarts US Business With Near-Term Financing

Jan 6, 2020

LifeVault's GoodCell Looks to Expand Personal Biobanking Business, Touts Cell Quality Monitoring
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Dec 17, 2019

Direct-to-Consumer Biobanking Firm LifeVault Bio Raises $5.6M

Dec 5, 2019

Veritas Genetics Halts US Operations, Lays Off More Than 30

Nov 25, 2019

Stratify Genomics Taps PWNHealth to Offer Prostate Cancer Risk Test Online

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A new survey finds that confidence in science among US adults is increasingly polarized, the Associated Press says.

Time to Sit Back and Relax

NPR reports that the US National Institutes of Health has transferred the last of its eligible former research chimpanzees to a sanctuary.

Omicron-Focused Vaccines

The New York Times reports both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have launched trials of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines targeting the Omicron variant.

Nature Papers Present Cloud-Computing Analysis Approach, Transcription Factor With Role in Bacterial Genome Organization

In Nature this week: researchers describe the free, open-source cloud-computing infrastructure Serratus and more.