A Personalized Guide to the Incredible You By Scott Andress, Director of Product Design at 23andMe Your 23andMe results have arrived. The day you’ve been waiting for is here. It’s the culmination of curiosity, mystery – even trepidation. What will you find out about yourself and your family? The answers ...
Category: 23andMe and you
March 16, 2016
23andPrivacy: Your Data and Law Enforcement
By Kate Black and Zerina Curevac* Since our founding a decade ago, 23andMe has only received requests from law enforcement for information regarding five of our more than 1.2 million customers. In each of these cases, 23andMe successfully resisted the request and protected our customers’ data from release to ...
February 8, 2016
Seeing Double
Twins have long fascinated us as humans, so much so that twin stories are ingrained in the mythology of almost every culture. Beyond folklore, the study of twins has also become bedrock for much of what we know about the genetics of many traits, diseases and other conditions. For scientists, twins offer a ...
January 5, 2016
The New 23andMe Experience: A Look at Our Trait Reports
The new customer experience at 23andMe is about more than just our new look; it's also about new features. Among those new features are our new Trait Reports. These reports can be a fun way to learn how your genetics influence such things as the color of your eyes, whether you’ve got dimples, and if you ...
December 23, 2015
“Best Day Ever”
A big part of our mission is to help advance genetics education. We had a rewarding opportunity to do so last Friday, as the 23andMe Education Team hosted a holiday event for thirty 4th and 5th grade students from the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula (BGCP) in Redwood City. Not far from our Mountain View ...
November 25, 2015
Happy Thanksgiving
This week families across the United States will be celebrating Thanksgiving with a sumptuous meal. We’ve created a video short looking at the DNA of the dinner table. Have a look. by 23andMe. From Visually. ...
November 23, 2015
The New 23andMe Experience
23andMe offers a look into what your genes say about you, and this week the first wave of our customers will begin getting that glimpse through our new experience. The new experience offers multiple ways to understand what your genes say about you, whether you want to look at your ancestry, the traits you ...
October 23, 2015
23andPrivacy
By Kate Black, 23andMe Privacy Officer and Corporate Counsel In January, I joined 23andMe to oversee the privacy and security of our customers’ information. I am responsible for coordinating the many teams and team members across 23andMe who manage our website, conduct scientific research, and provide ...
October 21, 2015
A New 23andMe Experience
23andMe made some news today, with the launch of a new experience for customers that includes the first and only direct-to-consumer genetic service that meets U.S. FDA standards. We invested nearly two years of work conducting extensive user testing, working with regulators, scientists, physicians, and top ...
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