Sterling, Virginia-based biotech company Aperiomics has launched a new test that can detect COVID-19.

Founded in 2014, the company uses genomic analysis and machine learning to detect known pathogens from a sample of any nature in just one test. Aperiomics reports that its Xplore-PATHO tech can accurately identify nearly 40,000 microorganisms including over 12,000 clinically relevant pathogens.

Aperiomics collaborated with Iowa-based Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), which is supplying primers and probes needed to conduct tests, and California-based Zymo Research, which is providing DNA/RNA sample collection and RNA extraction reagents, according to a press release. With the company’s new Xplore-COVID-19 testing kits, Aperiomics will be able to immediately begin processing 1,000 tests per week, and is accepting orders nationwide. The test’s results will be provided within 48 to 72 hours from Aperiomics receiving a sample.

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