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Shield Bio

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

Y CombinatorSummer 2016InactiveHealthcareDiagnosticsHealthcareGenomicsNanotechnology

What they do

Problem

Clinicians lack fast, reliable genomic sequencing at the point of care to guide precision treatment, especially for infectious disease and sepsis.

Solution

A proprietary platform that delivers reliable nanopore (3rd-generation) sequencing results in under a minute in clinical settings.

Who it's for

Hospitals and clinical labs treating infectious diseases and sepsis use the platform to inform patient care.

Founders

Fred Turner
Founder/CEO

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