NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – NanoString Technologies reported after the close of the market today that its third quarter revenues were up about 6 percent year over year.

For the three months ended Sept. 30, NanoString's revenues increased to $28.6 million from $27.0 million in Q3 2017, beating the Wall Street estimate of $26.2 million.

The firm said it took in $21.5 million in product and service revenue in the quarter, a 27 percent increase from $16.9 million in Q3 2017.