Suggest an update

YC S16 · Inactive

Shield Bio

Bringing 3rd generation, nanopore sequencing to healthcare to solve…

Class
Summer 2016
Status
Inactive
Industry
Healthcare
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA; San Jose, CA, USA
Team size
28

Website

http://shieldbio.com

About

Shield Bio is a precision medicine company with a proprietary platform that enables reliable nanopore sequencing in under a minute, in a clinical setting. It is focused on bringing 3rd generation or "nanopore" sequencing into clinical use to deliver on the promise of precision medicine. Shield is initially using the technology to improve the treatment of infectious disease and address the unmet clinical need of sepsis, which kills 300,000 people a year in the US alone.