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23andMe Holding Co. is an American personal genomics and biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California. [1] It is best known for providing a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service in which customers provide a saliva sample that is laboratory analysed, using single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, [2] to generate reports relating to the customer's ancestry and genetic ...
Consumers can purchase testing kits that provide information on ancestry, health, and genetic traits. The company takes saliva samples that are mailed in by buyers, and processes the genetic data, posting the results online for the buyer to view. [20] The company is named for the 23 pairs of chromosomes in a normal human cell.
All seven independent directors of 23andMe’s board resigned on Tuesday, citing disagreements over the chief executive’s plan to take the company private. The departures leave just one sitting ...
The financial struggles of genetic testing and ancestry company 23andMe are raising questions about the security of customers' DNA and other data. On Tuesday, 23andMe released its latest earnings ...
DNA-testing service 23andMe is making substantial efforts to nurse its feeble genetic core back to health. The company will lay off 40% of its workforce, over 200 employees, and cull its therapy ...
In October 2023, Wired reported that a sample of data points from 23andMe accounts were exposed on BreachForums, a black-hat hacking crime forum. [1]23andMe confirmed to TechCrunch that because of an opt-in feature that allows DNA-related relatives to contact each other, the true number of people exposed was 6.9 million, nearly half of 23andMe’s 14 million reported customers.
23andMe will be a public company soon thanks to some help from billionaire Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson.
Around a year ago, 23andMe had a data breach that led to 6.9 million profiles being accessible. Now, the company has agreed to pay a $30 million settlement after a class-action lawsuit was brought ...