23andMe teams up with scientists to make discovery about Parkinson’s
Anne Wojcicki. (New York Times) 23andMe, the Google-backed genetic testing startup in Mountain View, has once again helped make a discovery about Parkinson’s disease. In a paper published this week in...
View Article23andMe teams with Pfizer to study inflammatory bowel disease
Genetics-testing startup 23andMe said Tuesday it is teaming up with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to study the genetics of inflammatory bowel disease, or the chronic inflammation of the digestive tract....
View Article23andMe’s health DNA kits now for sale in U.K., still blocked in U.S.
Anne Wojcicki arrives at the 2014 Breakthrough Prize ceremony in 2013. (Michael Short/The Chronicle) A little more than a year ago, 23andMe, the Google-backed startup that sells mail-order DNA-testing...
View Article23andMe and Genentech target Parkinson’s in deal up to $60 million
Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. (Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle) Personal genetics-testing startup 23andMe is teaming up with Genentech to try to identify new treatments for Parkinson’s...
View Article23andMe once again opens up patient data, this time to Pfizer
Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. (Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle) For the second time in as many weeks, the DNA-testing startup 23andMe is opening its vast warehouse of customers’ genetic data...
View ArticleYour genes may be to blame for your motion sickness, 23andMe says
If you’re prone to nausea while riding a car or a roller coaster, your genetics may be responsible, according to a new study from 23andMe. In research published this month, the Mountain View personal...
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