Why does it take 5–7 days to get results?

The 5–7 business day turnaround from lab receipt of your sample to result delivery reflects the actual time required for rigorous CLIA-certified laboratory processing. The steps that consume this time include: sample receipt and chain-of-custody verification (Day 1), RNA extraction and osmium tagging preparation (Day 1–2), MinION nanopore analysis run (several hours per sample), bioinformatics data processing (Day 2–3), confirmatory second analysis if any marker is elevated (Day 3–4), laboratory scientist quality review and result approval (Day 4–5), and secure digital report upload to your dashboard (Day 5–7). Rushing this process would compromise the quality control standards required for clinical-grade reporting. The 5–7 day turnaround is consistent with other clinical molecular diagnostic tests.