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Personal Genetics Company to Assemble Online Community of 10,000 Individuals with PD To Drive New Online Research Platform MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- 23andMe, Inc., an industry leader in personal genetics, announced today that it has launched a Parkinson's disease initiative in collaboration with The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center ("PI") and The Michael J. Fox Foundation ("MJFF"). The first-of-its-kind program will focus on enrolling 10,000 individuals with...
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- 23andMe, Inc., an industry leader in personal genetics, and mondoBIOTECH AG, a Swiss research company dedicated to the development of treatments for rare diseases, today announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that they are collaborating to advance research of rare diseases. The announcement marks the return of the companies to the World Economic Forum, where they both were recognized as Technology Pioneers in 2008....
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and PROVO, Utah, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- 23andMe, Inc., the industry leader in personal genetics, and Ancestry.com, the world's largest online family history resource with nearly three million active users and 875,000 subscribers, have teamed up to provide improved genetic information to Ancestry.com's DNA customers. The partnership furthers the shared vision of 23andMe and Ancestry.com of enriching the lives of individuals by providing access to novel ancestral...
Officials are cracking down on companies that directly sell consumers genetic tests, threatening one of the fastest-growing parts of the U.S. biotech industry. In California, the Department of Public Health sent cease-and-desist letters to 13 companies two weeks ago, telling them they could not solicit business from state residents. The state of New York sent letters to 31 genetic testing companies since November, saying they need licenses to solicit DNA specimens from its residents. The...
On Tuesday a private firm launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe. The company, funded by Google Inc., is hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the $999 service went on sale in November.According to Reuters, Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki, co-founders of 23andMe, will showcase their service at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, which starts on January 23.Subscribers to 23andMe will be able to mail a saliva sample and then receive the results...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Google co-founder Sergey Brin and long-time sweetheart Anne Wojcicki, a biotech entrepreneur, exchanged vows recently in the Bahamas, guests confirmed to the San Jose Mercury News, in a ceremony so hush-hush that word didn't leak out for more than a week. Even the date remains secret: All sources would say was that it occurred sometime between May 4 and May 6. The ceremony combined the unconventional and traditional. The bride and groom and other members of the wedding...
