A number of more recently founded companies such as Colour Population Health, Helix OpCo LLC, Invitae Corp, and Sema4 are now using next-generation sequencing technology in order to perform direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
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A number of more recently founded companies such as Colour Population Health, Helix OpCo LLC, Invitae Corp, and Sema4 are now using next-generation sequencing technology in order to perform direct-to-consumer genetic testing. These products can involve either targeted analysis where libraries are enriched for pre-selected genes, or whole-exome sequencing.
Genomic sequencing timeline
Listed below are the major milestones in the journey of the genomics theme, as identified by GlobalData.
1999: FamilyTreeDNA founded
2002: Ancestry began offering DNA testing
2003: MyHeritage founded
2006: 23andMe founded
2006: SNPedia founded
2007: Ancestry expanded DNA offering with integration family trees
2008: Promethease founded
2009: Ancestry reached one million subscribers
2010: GEDmatch founded
2012: Ancestry reached two million subscribers and launches autosomal AncestryDNA products
2012: 23andMe submitted its first round of 510(k) documentation to the FDA
2013: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moratorium on 23andMe’s ability to provide any health information
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