Start-ups are driving down the cost of genetic testing by building diagnostic labs from scratch to cut costs, using in-house software and robots with millions -printers producing custom-made equipment. the US Food and Drug Administration has launched a breast cancer testing programme, which enables women to be tested for $ between $350 and $900 if they have a close relative already diagnosed with a hereditary cancer mutation and its broad genetic screening test is available to anyone for $ 50 . Counsyl offers similar services priced 249 . Most genetic diseases are rare, and the tests are too expensive to administer to everyone. Despite some anticipated regulatory hurdles, once their labs are run full-time by robots, the firms say they will be able to offer even cheaper tests to millions of people.
Start-ups are driving down the cost of genetic testing by building diagnostic labs from scratch to cut costs, using in-house software and robots with millions -printers producing custom-made equipment. the US Food and Drug Administration has launched a breast cancer testing programme, which enables women to be tested for $ between $350 and $900 if they have a close relative already diagnosed with a hereditary cancer mutation and its broad genetic screening test is available to anyone for $ 50 . Counsyl offers similar services priced 249 . Despite some anticipated regulatory hurdles, once their labs are run full-time by robots, the firms say they will be able to offer even cheaper tests to millions of people.