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Awesome, thanks so much for the response. It's clearer now the behind the scenes on what you're doing so appreciate you sharing. You're effectively providing a
by rfc 10y ago
Awesome, thanks so much for the response. It's clearer now the behind the scenes on what you're doing so appreciate you sharing. You're effectively providing a much needed and critical clinical tool for making more informed decisions on a patient diagnosis - something desperately needed.
I can sympathize with many of the regulatory and cost hurdles, especially for dealing with humans. We're in the purchasing process for a MiSeqDX and starting out specifically only on bacterial and viral sequences with an eventual path towards humans once we accomplish CLIA compliance. Long and costly effort...
Agree on the "$1000 genome" comment. Our average prep kit is ~$700 and, like you mentioned, once you factor in time, labor, computing costs, etc. the cost is well into the thousands.
I've had 4 relatives pass from various cancers which is what got me interested in the field to begin with. Truly hoping we can make some breakthroughs and it is encouraging to see startups such as yours pushing to make that happen. Best of luck!