Tag: Anne Wojcicki

23andMe and the FDA: what really drove them apart

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Data Governance

What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA Apart BY ROBERT SAFIAN, fastcompany.com Is getting a $99 DNA test really hazardous to your health? Our editor-in-chief decodes an innovation dustup. When we put 23andMe CEO Anne Woj­ci­c­ki on the cover of Fast Com­pa­ny’s Novem­ber issue, we didn’t expect the FDA to yank the com­pa­n… http://flip.it/UoyAS Related … Continue reading 23andMe and the FDA: what really drove them apart

23andme: how to use genetic testing while ensuring privacy

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, OSINT Intelligence

How to use 23andMe without giving up your genetic privacy Sarah A. Downey, venturebeat.com Sarah A. Downey is an attor­ney, pri­va­cy ana­lyst, and writer at Abine, an online pri­va­cy start­up in Boston. Find her on Twit­ter @SarahADowney. If you’re like me, the idea of know­ing what’s in your genet­ic pro­file is both… http://flip.it/GpsmW Related articles … Continue reading 23andme: how to use genetic testing while ensuring privacy

Check Your Genome

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Design UX

Check Your Genome Caleb Garling, wired.com berke­ley­lab/Flickr Gene muta­tions can pre­dict how you’ll respond to cer­tain sub­stances. Here’s what genet­ic test­ing out­fit 23andMe can tell you about how you might react to the drugs below. Drugs for which your 23andMe results can… http://flpbd.it/jyQOz Related articles Check Out The Geekiest Black Friday Deal Ever (GOOG) (embargozone.com) … Continue reading Check Your Genome

Personal genetics company seeks regulatory approval

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Data Governance, Digital Health, Linguistic Search

Personal genetics company seeks regulatory approval Monya Baker, nature.com Per­son­al genet­ics com­pa­ny 23andMe announced Mon­day that it was seek­ing FDA approval for an ini­tial batch of seven health-related tests with scores more to fol­low. 23andMe, based in Moun­tain View, Cal­i­for­nia, mar­kets genet­ics test­… http://flpbd.it/usMr0 Related articles 23andMe's Tools Help Solve Ancestry Mystery (23andme.com) One Million … Continue reading Personal genetics company seeks regulatory approval

High Speed Science: NIH vs. 23andMe Smackdown

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI

via http://www.wired.com Another excellent article on turning the scientific method on its head using new web based social networking data mining methods versus hypothesis/testing. For example compares the conventional approach of NIH to that of 23andMe in studying Parkinson's which lead to a reduction in research time from 6 years to 8 months. Related articles … Continue reading High Speed Science: NIH vs. 23andMe Smackdown