What You Should Know: - Pleno, a multi-omics startup, is emerging out of stealth with a $15M Pre-Series A financing and Greg Lucier as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Founded by Pieter van Rooyen, a well-known biotech engineer who built and sold his last company, Edico Genome, to Illumina for $100M. Edico's Dragen technology has become a staple in genetics research. - Pleno's Hypercoding technology has the potential to revolutionize biological target detection for
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Illumina and Syapse Partner on Biomarker Testing Research Across Oncology Practices
What You Should Know: - Syapse, a real-world evidence company that informs cancer care, announced a partnership with Illumina aimed at assessing the real-world uptake and actionability of comprehensive genomic profiling in the community oncology health system setting. - Together, the two companies will work to better understand biomarker testing patterns among clinicians, which have become foundational in identifying treatment options for cancer patients. The insights gleaned from this
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Illumina, Sequoia Capital China Launches Genomics Incubator in China
What You Should Know: - Illumina and Sequoia Capital will collaborate to build an ecosystem for life science startup companies advancing breakthrough applications in genomics. - Sequoia Capital China Intelligent Healthcare Genomics Incubator, Powered by Illumina will leverage the expertise of Illumina for Startups in building genomics companies with the unparalleled track record of Illumina Accelerator in San Francisco Bay Area and Cambridge, UK. - Sequoia Capital China will dedicate to
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LetsGetChecked Nabs $71M for Direct-to-Consumer At-Home Health Testing
LetsGetChecked, a leading direct-to-consumer at-home health testing and insights
company, today announced the closing of $71 million in its Series C round of
financing co-led by Illumina Ventures and HLM Venture Partners. The round also
includes new investors Deerfield, CommonFund Capital, and Angeles Investments
and existing investors Transformation Capital, Optum Ventures, and Qiming
Venture Partners USA. Nick Naclerio, Founding Partner at Illumina Ventures and
Steven Tolle, Partner at HLM
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Microsoft, Adaptive, Providence Partner to Decode COVID-19 Immune Response
What You Should Know: - Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies have expanded their partnership to map the human immune response to COVID-19 and advance our understanding of the disease. - Data from this study will be made available through an open-access portal to help researchers, public health organizations and industry improve diagnostics, help triage patients based on the immune response to the disease, and inform vaccine discovery for COVID-19. - Other industry leaders including
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Health Data Privacy: Why Eroding Public Trust Harms Medical Research
Using Data Privacy to Empower Health Research
The importance of data security and data privacy policies have recently come under scrutiny due to revelations around Google’s Project Nightingale. The initiative with Ascension, the nation’s largest nonprofit health system, granted Google access to medical records of more than 50 million individuals in 21 states and may hinder the trajectory of health discovery by eroding “consumer” trust.
While historically it might have been a safe harbor to
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Sun Genomics Delivers Personalized Probiotics In Only 6 Weeks to Address Gut Health Issues
- Sun Genomics launches personalized probiotic solution to identify and address individual gut health issues to improve the health of millions of Americans. - Solution delivers precise probiotic formula required for each person to address their own unique gut health issues in just six weeks. - Sun Genomics Floré includes a kit to collect a micro-stool sample, a full microbiome analysis report, and a 90-day supply of precision probiotics.Sun Genomics today launched the first customized
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MedAnswers Raises $5M for Scientifically, Clinically Validated FertilityAnswers App
MedAnswers, a health tech company has raised $5 million in seed round funding led by Special Situations’ Life Sciences Innovation (LSI) Fund, managed by David Sable, with Viking Global Investors also participating. MedAnswers is leveraging technology, genetics and other health data to match those struggling to conceive to a curated network of fertility experts and solutions to help users conceive faster. The company is a graduate of the 7th cycle of Illumina Accelerator. FertilityAnswers AppThe
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Telegenomics Company Genome Medical Nabs $23M to Bring Genomic Medicine to Everyday Care
Genome Medical, a leading nationwide telegenomics company providing genomic-based medicine, today announced that it has raised $23 million in Series B financing to accelerate the development of its technology and medical services which support patients, physicians and healthcare systems in all 50 states. The Series B round was led by Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia Health Solutions and Mosaic Health Solutions with additional new investors LRVHealth, Casdin
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LunaPBC Raises $4.6M to Fuel Community-Owned Genomic & Health Data Platform
LunaPBC, founder of LunaDNA, the first community-owned genomic and health data platform, has raised $4.6 million from ARCH Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Illumina Ventures, and Osage University Partners. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to date to $7.6 million. First Community-Owned Health & DNA Research Platform Founded in 2017 on the belief that health data sharing and community ownership are the new philanthropy, LunaDNA is the first
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