23andMe Research

The opioid crisis presents a public health emergency without clear solutions. One key to unraveling the problem is understanding not just the causes of addiction, but understanding the steps taken...

A large new study by a team of international researchers has identified shared genetic associations between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.

By Janie Shelton, Ph.D., and Daniella Coker, MPH* As part of 23andMe’s ongoing study into COVID-19, our scientists have recently looked at how people react differently to different vaccines, noting...

We’re excited to share our refreshed Research Consent document that governs how 23andMe conducts Research. Although we have not changed our research program or how we use participants’ data, we...

Working with scientists at Google, 23andMe researchers have improved upon an imputation method of data from its African American Sequencing Project to help expand diversity in genetic health research. This method will improve the new reference panel and enable researchers to more accurately identify associations between genetic variants and traits or health conditions within Black Americans and other non-European populations.

In genetics, pedigrees are important for a lot more reasons than you might think. It is not just about creating family trees or seeing how individuals in a family are...

23andMe scientists recently shared some encouraging preliminary findings with participants in our Black Representation in Genetic Research study. The study is meant to help accelerate scientific discoveries and medical insights...

With the world still feeling the effects of the pandemic, the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics will yet again be virtual this year.Last year’s conference showed...

Kipper Fletez-Brant, a computational biologist with our Therapeutics division, thought he’d be a physicist one day.Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, Kipper escaped the heat reading “hard-sci-fi novels” with mind-bending plots...

Xin Fang’s interest in science started at the dinner table, listening to her parents talking about what they did each day. Both her mom and dad are plant scientists. Her mom...