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3 Chinese cousins were adopted by different families in the US. They found each other decades later with 23andMe.
After they discovered they were cousins, three girls adopted by different American families travele…
Heather Marcoux
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23andMe's president is stepping down
23andMe's chief medical officer Jill Hagenkord left the company in October and is now working at Co…
Lydia Ramsey
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The mother of the YouTube and 23andMe CEOs has a 5-letter catchword for raising successful children and she wrote a book about it
"So many people were asking me what I did with my daughters and what I did with my students," Wojci…
Nick Bastone
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23andMe just laid off 100 employees as the DNA-testing 'fad' ends
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Lydia Ramsey
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The CEO of Silicon Valley DNA testing startup 23andMe shares the health product she hopes to sell next
Wojcicki did not provide further details on how much the test - should the company ultimately choos…
Erin Brodwin
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Veritas is slashing costs to beat back rivals like 23andMe
Veritas' new pricing scheme likely isn't primarily aimed at pulling market share from competitors, …
Zachary Hendrickson
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23andMe gets $200 million in funding to bring its genetic testing to the masses
In 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) barred the company from sending any data related…
Becky Peterson
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A woman's 23andMe kit showed that her biological father is a retired doctor who used his sperm in her mom's fertility treatment, lawsuit says
A lawsuit alleges Dr. Martin Greenberg used his sperm in Bianca Voss' intrauterine insemination in …
Anna Medaris Miller
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Genealogy giant Ancestry just joined 23andMe in cutting workers as the DNA testing fad ends
On Wednesday, Ancestry CEO Margo Georgiadis wrote in a blog post that the company is laying off 6% …
Lydia Ramsey
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Genetic experts have a message for anyone thinking of taking 23andMe's new breast cancer test
23andMe's test costs $199 for both the ancestry and health components. After ordering, 23andMe send…
Lydia Ramsey
Apple, Google, 23andMe, and others are fighting COVID-19, from wearables to faster CT scans to contact tracing
Many tech companies are developing new technology to help fight the spread of COVID-19. Apple and G…
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After you spit into a tube for a DNA test like 23andMe, experts say you shouldn't assume your data will stay private forever
One involves what can happen to the data outside of the tough-to-define walls of a DNA testing serv…
Erin Brodwin
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The DNA testing industry is stuck in a rut. Here's how 23andMe and Ancestry are plotting their next moves.
By working with health systems to cover the cost of the test, the hope is to broaden the number of …
Lydia Ramsey
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23andMe is throwing its hat into the EHR ring against Apple's Health Records platform
The average cost of bringing a new drug to market is $2.6 billion over 10-plus years of development…
Zachary Hendrickson
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Patient groups have a message for anyone thinking of taking 23andMe's new test
The second level is the APOE gene, which is the one 23andMe's test will screen for. In that case, i…
Lydia Ramsey
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23andMe just became a lot cheaper thanks to a new IRS classification ruling
For instance, the electrocardiogram and fall detection functions of the Apple Watch 4 have been giv…
Zachary Hendrickson,Zachary H…
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23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki's defense of her ex-husband's weird FiveFinger shoes is a glimpse into how she thinks
Esther Wojcicki says her daughters relationship with Rodriguez didn't last because, ultimately, A-R…
Zoë Bernard
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DNA-testing company 23andMe signed a $300 million deal with a drug giant. Here are the other private 'third parties' that genetics companies share your data with.
"We all have some disease or health issue that we care about. 23andMe has created a research platfo…
Erin Brodwin
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23andMe CEO: We Fell Behind In Our Communications With The FDA
There should be a way for companies to market genetic testing directly to consumers, Wojcicki said,…
Megan Rose Dickey
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Why You Should Be Furious That The Government Is Essentially Trying To Hobble 23andMe
"Our lab partner adheres to strict quality standards that are part of the Clinical Laboratory Impro…