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Myriad Genetics Bets Fetal DNA Enrichment Method Will Further Increase Uptake of NIPS Test

In a study involving 1,300 blood samples from pregnant women, Myriad researchers demonstrated that their method could increase the fetal fraction for almost all.

Cue Health Closes $100M Series C Financing

The firm said that the proceeds will be used to complete the development of the Cue Health Monitoring System and Cue Test Cartridges.

NuProbe Licenses Two Oligonucleotide Technologies from Rice University

The technologies, called non-extensible oligonucleotides and linear DNA assembly, may help the sample prep firm improve existing products.

Pillar Biosciences Closes $29.7M Series C Financing Round

The cancer test developer will use the funding to commercialize its enrichment-based NGS panels. An IVD test also got CE marked.

Pocket-Sized Point-of-Care Device Leverages Smartphone for Sensitive DNA Detection, Amplification

The platform's portability and internet connectivity could enable it to locate and track the distribution of disease in real time, its developers said.