Fulgent Genetics, Inc.
A California-based genetic testing company that analyzes DNA to help doctors diagnose rare diseases, hereditary cancers, and reproductive conditions, offering thousands of single-gene tests and panels. Co-founded in 2011 by Ming Hsieh, who funded it with proceeds from selling his fingerprint-security firm Cogent Systems to IBM, it began as Fulgent Therapeutics before its testing arm split off and renamed itself Fulgent Genetics. Its name plays on the word "fulgent," meaning shining or radiant — fitting for a company that reads the blueprint of life.