For $99, Eliminating the Mystery of Pandora’s Genetic Box
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER, NYT
November 11, 2013, 1:25 pm
IF DNA is destiny, then Anne Wojcicki is in the right business.
She is the co-founder and chief executive of 23andMe, a Silicon Valley start-up that offers a $99 DNA test, as easy as spitting into a tube, that provides detailed genetic information from disease risk to family lineage.
In a recent interview at 23andMe’s office in Mountain View, Calif., Ms. Wojcicki (pronounced wo-JIT-skee) discussed the Silicon Valley girls’ club, the ties connecting her marriage and her business and why she is convinced that personal genetics will change health care.
What follows are excerpts from that interview, edited for length and clarity.
(More here.)
November 11, 2013, 1:25 pm
IF DNA is destiny, then Anne Wojcicki is in the right business.
She is the co-founder and chief executive of 23andMe, a Silicon Valley start-up that offers a $99 DNA test, as easy as spitting into a tube, that provides detailed genetic information from disease risk to family lineage.
In a recent interview at 23andMe’s office in Mountain View, Calif., Ms. Wojcicki (pronounced wo-JIT-skee) discussed the Silicon Valley girls’ club, the ties connecting her marriage and her business and why she is convinced that personal genetics will change health care.
What follows are excerpts from that interview, edited for length and clarity.
(More here.)
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