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Illumina Acquires San Diego Genetic Analysis Startup in $100 Million Deal

Genomics pioneer Illumina announced Monday it has acquired a five-year-old San Diego startup that makes a specialized processor to speed the analysis of genetic data. Edico Genome’s DRAGEN Bio-IT technology uses field programmable gate array chips in conjunction with proprietary software algorithms for rapid analysis of genetic data produced by DNA-sequencing machines. “Our acquisition of […]