Californian genetic analysis company Illumina has bought technology start - up Edico Genome for $ 100 m . Edico ’s system tackles a bottleneck in DNA reading technology and has cut the time for genome mapping from 20 hours to 20 minutes . Last year the company adapted its technology for use with cloud services , including Amazon Web Services . Illumina said the move would help make data collection and analysis a standardised process , and that Amazon ’s technology complemented its own systems . It also supported a call for the scientific community to develop standards for the use of genomics in health .
Californian genetic analysis company Illumina has bought technology start-up Edico Genome for $100m. Edico’s system tackles a bottleneck in DNA reading technology and has cut the time for genome mapping from 20 hours to 20 minutes. Last year the company adapted its technology for use with cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services. Illumina said the acquisition would help make data acquisition and analysis a standardised process, and that Edico’s technology complemented its own systems. It also supported a call for the scientific community to adopt standards for the use of genomics in health.