December 11, 2012
Today we’re announcing some big news. I don’t want this moment to go by without a note of gratitude to our customers and those who have been advocates for 23andMe over the years. We have come a long way together. Because of you we pioneered the use of personal genetics. You are helping us establish [...]
May 28, 2012
[Ed: A clarifying addendum has been added to the end of this post. - 6/01/12] 23andMe has a substantial research arm with more than 20 scientists dedicated to making meaningful discoveries that will improve the lives of all of us. We’ve made a number of discoveries that we’ve published in peer [...]
May 16, 2012
An editorial in today’s Science Translational Medicine about traumatic brain injuries, genetics and the long-term risks for degenerative brain disease caught our eye. According to the authors, the suicide of former star NFL linebacker Junior Seau, a death that mirrored other suicides of former NFL [...]
March 22, 2012
Clinical trials are often conducted at major hospitals and medical centers. As you can imagine, it can be expensive to use hospital resources and take a large amount of doctors’ and nurses’ time. It can also be difficult to find people to participate in clinical trials. For those who do [...]
January 12, 2012
My sister learned she was a carrier for a recessive disease, Bloom syndrome, late in one of her pregnancies. I remember the panicked call and the weeks of worry as she and her husband awaited his test results; if he was also a carrier, this meant their daughter had a one in four chance of being born with the [...]
November 4, 2009
The Kaiser Permanente Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health (RPGEH) is an exceptional study that has the potential to transform medicine. As someone who proudly spent over 25 years as a patient with Kaiser, I would be excited to see my family's medical records used for such a worthy cause. I [...]
September 8, 2008
By 23andMe Co-founders Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki 23andMe is proud to announce a major step toward our goal of democratizing genetic information by giving our customers access to even more of their SNP data through our next generation custom content, all at a lower price. With the introduction of [...]
April 29, 2008
Muhammad Yunus at his alma mater in Chittagong, Bangladesh 23andMe presented yesterday at the 11th Milken Institute Global Conference, taking place through Wednesday in Los Angeles. The conference has a significant health care focus, with session topics ranging from "Is the Pharmaceutical Well Drying out?" [...]
April 1, 2008
Linda AveySome customers who recently ordered our Personal Genome Service™ have had to wait more than the usual four to six weeks after spitting to get their genetic information. We know that it can be frustrating to wait when you are curious about what your genome holds, so we would like to apologize and [...]
January 21, 2008
By 23andMe Co-Founder Anne Wojcicki We started 23andMe to enable individuals to get access to their genetic information. Our DNA is a fascinating aspect of who we are, and we feel strongly that anyone who wants their genetic data should be able to get access to it. But we also started 23andMe to [...]
