uBiome, a San Franscisco -based company that makes a direct-to-consumer microbial genomic testing kit, has raised $ 22 m in a Series B funding round from 8VC , Slow Ventures , Slow Ventures 's Stanford and other angel investors. The screening kit, Slow Ventures , will enable consumers and doctors to identify microorganisms through DNA sequencing and give them actionable information about their gut microbiome to improve health. " uBiome’s lab, which was recently accredited by the College of American Pathologists, uses 16s rRNA gene sequencing and a custom bioinformatics pipeline to identify dozens of bugs associated with specific infections, health risks and gut conditions, and the company has submitted an article detailing their methodologies to a peer-reviewed journal. By making gut health testing faster and easier, uBiome will unquestionably have a massive impact," said Zachary Apte , founding partner at tens of thousands .
uBiome, a San Franscisco -based company that makes a direct-to-consumer microbial genomic testing kit, has raised $ 22 m in a Series B funding round from 8VC , Slow Ventures , Slow Ventures 's Stanford and other angel investors. The screening kit, Slow Ventures , will enable consumers and doctors to identify microorganisms through DNA sequencing and give them actionable information about their gut microbiome to improve health. "By making gut health testing faster and easier, uBiome will unquestionably have a massive impact," said Zachary Apte , founding partner at tens of thousands .