sequencing by expansion
Researchers from the Hartwig Medical Foundation and the Broad Institute presented data from a prototype of Roche's new sequencer, but pricing information remains unavailable.
The precision medicine company also is accelerating its push into diabetes, depression, and cardiology after getting its
Stratos Genomics Raises $20M to Prep Sequencing Technology for Commercialization
The firm said recent breakthroughs in its technology will enable sequencing "at commercially compelling levels of read length, accuracy, process speed, and workflow efficiency."
Early research has shown the open-source ExpansionHunter software to be highly accurate in identifying repeat expansions that indicate rare diseases.
Stratos Hits Milestone, Raises $15M from Roche, Fisk Ventures to Complete Series B Financing
Stratos reached its milestone by demonstrating nanopore sequencing with its proprietary expandable nucleotides, called X-NTPs.