Sterling, Virginia-based biotech company Aperiomics has set some new policies due to the spread of COVID-19.

Founded in 2014, the venture-funded company was born out of George Washington University by CEO Dr. Crystal Icenhour, President Dr. Keith Crandall, CTO Dr. Yuan Chen, Dr. Evan Johnson and Dr. Eduardo Castro-Nallar. The company uses genomic analysis and machine learning to detect known pathogens from a sample of any nature in just one test, and reports that its Xplore-Patho tech can accurately identify nearly 40,000 microorganisms including over 12,000 clinically relevant pathogens.

Despite the virus’ spread, Icenhour, who touts credential such as a Ph.D. in pathobiology and molecular medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and fellowships at Duke Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic, told Technical.ly that the biotech company has not stopped its operations. A large portion of the company’s nonclinical team is now working remotely, while the other employees are operating in a sterile lab environment at the company’s headquarters.

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