Bionano Genomics (BNGO) stock surged 7.64% in the pre-market session on Monday.
The rally comes after the company announced positive results from a study at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, showing that its Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) technology outperformed multiple cytogenetic assays in the analysis of bone and soft tissue tumors. Key findings included: - OGM detected 100% of variants found by standard techniques like karyotyping and FISH - OGM was more sensitive, detecting diagnostic variants missed by karyotyping in 74% of failed/negative cases - Combined with next-generation sequencing, OGM found diagnostic variants in ~98% of cases, substantially higher than standard methods The researchers highlighted OGM's potential to qualify more patients for targeted therapies or clinical trials based on the additional variants detected.
The positive study results suggest increasing adoption potential for Bionano's OGM technology beyond blood cancers into solid tumor analysis as well.