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Despite the privacy concerns, 23andMe began to gain recognition for the work of its researchers. Time Magazine named 23andMe's Personal Genome Service its Invention of the Year in 2008.
Anne Wojcicki wanted to run things—alone. It was 2009 and her startup 23andMe was riding high, fueled by a steady stream of venture money, intriguing personal accounts of genome exploration, and ...
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23andMe Holding Co. is an American personal genomics and biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California. [1] It is best known for providing a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service in which customers provide a saliva sample that is laboratory analysed, using single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, [2] to generate reports relating to the customer's ancestry and genetic ...
Over the past 18 years, Wojcicki has been celebrated for her brilliance and unconventional and fun approach to running 23andMe. Much of the admiration was earned, say the former employees who ...
Anne E. Wojcicki (/ w uː ˈ tʃ ɪ t s k i / woo-CHITS-kee; [2] born July 28, 1973) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded and is CEO of the personal genomics company 23andMe.She founded the company in 2006 with Linda Avey and Paul Cusenza.
23andMe has appointed three new independent directors to its board.
In October 2023, Wired reported that a sample of data points from 23andMe accounts were exposed on BreachForums, a black-hat hacking crime forum. [1]23andMe confirmed to TechCrunch that because of an opt-in feature that allows DNA-related relatives to contact each other, the true number of people exposed was 6.9 million, nearly half of 23andMe’s 14 million reported customers.