Cyclomics, a 2018 spinout from University Medical Center Utrecht, is testing its assay for treatment response and recurrence monitoring in head and neck cancer.
Under the non-exclusive agreement, Germany's Merck will globally distribute RevoluGen's Fire Monkey/Fire Flower kit for the extraction of high molecular weight DNA.
At the company's annual user meeting in London, staff members previewed upgrades and changes that will result in higher throughput and accuracy at lower sequencing costs.
The direct-to-consumer firm offers whole-genome sequencing for under $1,000, along with specific reports on pharmacogenomics, health traits, and certain diseases.
The project plans to sequence 20,000 genomes in 2019, 50,000 by the end of 2020, and a total of 100,000 by the end of 2021 using Oxford Nanopore's PromethIon platform.
The US National Institutes of Health's All of Us project awarded $4.6 million to the company Color to develop a genetic counseling resource for the program.
