Comments on: Some Details About Google Related Genome Start-up, 23andMe

By: What Do Slide, 23andMe & Chemdex Share? - GigaOM

What Do Slide, 23andMe & Chemdex Share? - GigaOM — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:16:56 +0000

[...] editors recently threw a little dinner for him, James Hong (co-founder of HotorNot) and Linda Avey (co-founder of 23andMe), all of whom are featured in this month’s cover story, “Brilliant Then and [...]

By: Monday Morning Link’O’Rama - GigaOM

Monday Morning Link’O’Rama - GigaOM — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:54:26 +0000

[...] a start-up we have written about in the past has launched. It was co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, who is married to Google co-founder Sergey [...]

By: Napka’s Top Science » Some Details About Google Related Genome Start-up, 23andMe

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:39:40 +0000

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By: 23andme « Ralston Ventures

23andme « Ralston Ventures — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:30:15 +0000

[...] 23andme September 14th, 2007 The second biggest blunder in Google’s history, only to the Google Jet having access to a private Federal runway, is the 23andme conflict of interest. [...]

By: Bud

Bud — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:51:36 +0000

It looks like there are several interesting plays in the space see: http://geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=3649

By: Second Life Loser » Blog Archive » Google Founder’s Wife Wants Your DNA

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:01:25 +0000

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By: » Your personal health: The dirt on 23andme » business|bytes|genes|molecules

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:15:40 +0000

[...] like someone spilled the beans. I actually first read this on GigaOm, where Om Malik reported on a Forbes piece about 23andme. For better or for worse, 23andme is [...]

By: The Genetic Genealogist - » 23andMe Partners with Illumina – To Offer Genetic Genealogy?

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:55:44 +0000

[...] website. There hasn’t been much written about this revelation as of today, but I found mention at GigaOM, Genome Technology Online, and Megan’s Roots [...]

By: Artashes

Artashes — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:58:18 +0000

I wonder how they are going to manage the load of such requests coming in?

I wonder whether it is paid or free service?

I also wonder what they are going to do with this information later on... So they collected 500,000 reports - which they are going to keep behind closed password-protected doors? Having Google mentality (and Google direct interest in the company), should they make all this information searchable and public? How are they going to deal with privacy issues then?

Imagine a young couple dating and one of them checking the site for other's half genetical retardation diseases... That would make relationship so much fun!

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:31:32 +0000

That’s soooo great! I can’t wait to see what exotic disease I have inherited from my monkey ancestors! Oh wait.. Did I say it out loud??

By: Madhavan

Madhavan — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:53:57 +0000

I am sort of getting belatedly informed on the controversial deal. Disclosure is one thing, transparency is another. Why is there no transparency about this deal? Surely a why statement was in order, given the peculiar details. Conflicts of interest are not avoided by disclosures, but by transparency…and this does not require details of the business. A mere mention of the strategic aim should be enough. Has that been done? I would even argue that by “disclosing” the Google pedigree of the deal, a higher valuation may be rigged up from investors in a Series B/Second round or whatever you call it in the Valley! In which case, disclosure in this case in itself constitutes a dubious act.

By: Deepak

Deepak — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:11:17 +0000

23andme is not the only company is this space. Navigenics has been far less cagey about what they are going to be offering. Their offerings are llong the same lines with genotyping services/instrumentation coming from Affymetrix.

Just genotyping individuals is just the start. It will be very interesting to see how this field ends up being regulated.