July 13, 2020 - Medicover Genetics, Illumina, a global leader in genomics, and Healthmetrix, a Berlin digital-health start-up initiated a partnership to develop an integrated, anonymous, large-scale Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 screening solution using NGS technology.Ifsuccessful, it would complement PCR testing in building and scaling up the testing capacity for COVID-19 as continuous testing remains essential until a therapeutical solution for the virus is identified. On July 4-5,MVZ Martinsried,Medicover Genetics` central laboratory site in Germany, carried out the pilot test of large-scale genome sequencing (NGS). As part of the pilot program, 1.560 volunteers were anonymously tested free of...
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