Kryptos Biotechnologies Gets $1.2M Grant From RIGHT Foundation for Rapid STI Test
NEW YORK – Kryptos Biotechnologies said this week that the Research Investment for Global Health Technology (RIGHT) Foundation has awarded it $1.2 million to further develop its molecular diagnostic testing…
Kryptos Biotechnologies Raises $10M in Series A Round
Molecular diagnostic startup Kryptos Biotechnologies said this week that it has raised $10 million in a Series A financing round led by South Korean firm Osang Healthcare. The funding will…
LG Chem licenses in US firm’s diagnostic platform tech
LG Chem said that it has licensed in a molecular diagnostic platform technology from Kryptos Biotechnologies, a U.S. biotechnology and diagnostic firm. Kryptos’ technology, called photothermal heating, uses light to…
Silicon Valley-based molecular diagnostics startup Kryptos raises $2.7m pre-series A
The latest round adds to Kryptos Biotechnologies’ $2.6 million early-stage funding from angel investors and companies including LG Chem and BAPartners.
Heating and cooling with light leads to ultrafast DNA diagnostics
New technology developed by UC Berkeley bioengineers promises to make a workhorse lab tool cheaper, more portable and many times faster by accelerating the heating and cooling of genetic samples…
Ultrafast photonic PCR
A team in the USA has realized an ultrafast polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method that uses plasmonic photothermal heating. The PCR is a powerful technique that is widely used in…