March 26, 2013
Boston CBS station WBZ ran a piece this week about 23andMe customer Kristen Whitaker, who took our test and learned something that changed her life. She told us that she'd signed up for 23andMe at the request of her doctor, Mark Costa, who used the test to help him develop a wellness plan for her. Dr. [...]
March 14, 2013
We at 23andMe hear this question a lot when the topic of personal genetic testing comes up. We each have our own answer, but enterprising PBS NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michaels simply went out and asked. It’s helpful to hear from people on both sides of the issue about why they would or wouldn’t [...]
February 12, 2013
We know from scientific research that, in general, people don’t freak out about the results they get from personal genetic testing. When the results show an increased risk for serious illness, how do they react? It turns out that even then, the news doesn’t trigger serious anxiety. Quite the contrary, [...]
November 28, 2012
Earlier this month Public Health Genomics published a paper by a team of Swiss researchers that reinforces the growing body of work showing consumers’ positive experiences with personal genetic testing. In this study, the participants were life science students at the University of Zurich who purchased the [...]
November 8, 2012
There are a lot of pie charts, numerical tables and graphs on display this week at the American Society of Human Genetics in San Francisco, but one caught our eye Wednesday morning. It was a graph put up by Dr. Cinnamon Bloss of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. Scripps has been studying [...]
October 3, 2012
We would like to give a little shout-out to Holly Dunsworth, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Rhode Island and a blogger, for her thoughtful post “Be Afraid of Fear, Not Personal Genomics.” While there are legitimate topics for debate about genetic testing, some coverage [...]
March 8, 2011
Editor's note: This post has been altered from the original. The slides from the presentation have been removed. 23andMe, like many others, believes that individuals have a right to access their own genetic information and that personal genetics will pave the way for significant advances in healthcare. [...]
July 19, 2010
On Thursday, July 22, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing on "Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing and the Consequences to the Public Health." The hearing begins 9:30 a.m. EDT and will take place in Room 2123, [...]
January 12, 2009
For an insightful and thought-provoking essay on the present and future of personal genomics, as well as the role that 23andMe is playing in its advancement, check out Steven Pinker's essay "My Genome, My Self" in this week's New York Times magazine. Pinker, who is a 23andMe customer himself and also a [...]
