** Shares of AI-focused biotech firm Tempus AI TEM.O rise 6.56% to $52.78
** TEM and privately-held diagnostics firm Predicta Biosciences collaborate to commercially expand their co-branded genome sequencing test, GenoPredicta
** Companies say the test is used to study and track residual cancer after treatment using blood or bone marrow samples
** Adds that the test can detect genetic changes from very small amounts of tumor material, which could widen use in patients with low disease burden
** The test has been clinically validated in multiple myeloma and related disorders - TEM
** Including session's move, TEM shares down 10.5% YTD
(Reporting by Kunal Das in Bengaluru)
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