microbiome
Viome Life Sciences Raises $25M in Series D Financing
The firm said that it plans to use the money to help launch its diagnostics division, expand its testing menu, and hire a chief operating officer.
Genetic Analysis Nabs IVDR Certification for Microbiome Fecal Collection Kit
The GA-map Sample Collection Kit can inactivate bacteria and viruses and preserve microbial profiles at room temperature for microbiome analysis for weeks.
Viome Life Sciences Raises $86.5M in Oversubscribed Series C Round
The funding will be used to further develop its portfolio of personalized health tests and to support an expansion into the retail space.
Direct-to-consumer microbiome tests often go beyond what the research can support, but the large databases being generated by some companies are supporting diagnostic development.
The preprint raised concerns about the findings of a 2020 cancer microbiome study that spurred the development of a microbiome-based liquid biopsy test for cancer.