23andme

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Can Fox' genome help cure Parkinson's?

23andme has signed up The Parkinson's Institute as a test market for its personal genome service. The effort is being underwritten by the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Since announcing he had Parkinson's a decade ago, Fox right has built a charitable powerhouse which has donated over $120 million...

Tags: Genome, Co-founder, Disease, Parkinson, 23andme, Institute, Biotechnology, Social Networking, Public Relations, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-14

The online health revolution and your DNA: It's a trust issue

23andMe, a Web-based service that allows you to understand your DNA, officially launched Monday and for $999 you can order a saliva kit, send your genes to the company and then get a hosted account with all of your genetic information for analysis. 23andMe said in a statement it...

Tags: Google Inc., DNA, Data, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., 23andMe, Microsoft HealthVault, Biotechnology, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-19

Additional Resources

News to know: Google Apps; Vista UAC; Microsoft Echoes; Comcast; Dell

Notable headlines: Garett Rogers: Google App Engine pricing a disappointment Ed Bott: Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time Sunbelt Blog: Microsoft: What we got here is a failure to communicate Larry Dignan: Dell delivers: Is a...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Facebook, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Vista UAC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Service Bus, Telecom & Utilities, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-30

23andme presents its consumer strategy

It's research, and the tentative name for it is 23andwe, although the company has yet to buy a separate domain name. The phrase was first used by co-founder Linda Avey at a Bio-IT World Expo keynote earlier this month. The idea was fleshed out...

Tags: Strategy, Researcher, Survey, Marketing Research, Domain Names, Marketing, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-29

News to know: AMD Spider; Amazon Kindle; Visual Studio 2008

Notable headlines: Dan Farber: AMD lets Spider platform out for holiday season Robin Harris: Google's secret home-brew 10 gigE switch Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Building a Windows Home Server - the easy way! Mary Jo Foley: Visual Studio 2008 to...

Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Google Inc., David Berlind, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Development Tools, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2007-11-19

23andme to launch Monday

23andme to launch MondayFreakyI'm not sure how many people will want to know all this information about themselves much less want to put down $999- John MusbachGovernment Gold MineHow nice would it be to have access to this type of data...talk about understanding if someone had a higher tendency to...

Tags: Biotechnology, DNA

Discussion threads 2007-11-17

23andme to launch Monday

Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, is to launch 23andme Monday -- it appears they are already taking orders now though. The service, partially funded by Google, has set out to revolutionize how we look at ourselves in reference to the past, present and future. ...

Tags: Google Inc., DNA, Analysis, Biotechnology, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2007-11-17

Today's Debate: Are genetic tests a threat?

The start-up 23andme, whose best-known board member is Esther Dyson (right, from their web site), has an interesting goal. They want your genome. The company wants to build a database of genomes and offer "private, secured" access to it. Jesse Reynolds of the Center for Genetics and Society writes...

Tags: Genome, Esther Dyson, Biotechnology, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-02

Google set to simultaneously create and dominate a new market?

Adam Bosworth, Google's brains behind a Google service called "Google Health" that is still in development, has made several presentations about the healthcare industry and how Google may be working to improve it. The proposed service, though still a mystery, caught the attention of Vince Kuraitis back in June...

Tags: Google Health

Blog posts 2007-07-29

Esther Dyson is posting her genome on the Web; Will you follow?

In a Wall Street Journal editorial Esther Dyson outlines how she will post her genome, medical history and health questionnaire for the world to see on the Web. Will you follow?Dyson, an investor in genome information startup 23andMe, is participating in Harvard geneticist George Church's Personal Genome project. In the...

Tags: General, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-25

Google's wedding premium?

Is is just me, or does anyone else find the fact that Anne Wojcicki, recently wed to Sergey Brin, has received $3.9 million in venture capital for her startup, 23andMe.com, from Google for her startup, in part to pay Mr. Brin back for a personal loan he made to the...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-29

Google wants $4 billion drug ad market in 23andMe

Google declares war on $2 trillion health care industry and Google battles Microsoft for medical domination.PLUS Google's Brin: I love you, and your biotech start-up!The $2 trillion worth of health care pieces are all coming together! U.S. healthcare is big business, $2 trillion worth. The advertising of health-related products directly to consumers...

Tags: Google

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Google's Brin: I love you, and your biotech start-up

Google's Brin: I love you, and your biotech start-upTitanic webHigh income businesses handled separately! When it strikes an iceberg then passengers would be moved to G!Regardssaran23andme23andme is an awsome idea. i would heck it out. it seems like just another invstement. 3.9 million isnt even that much. im sure the...

Tags: biotech start-up, Brin, Google Inc., biotechnology

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

Google's Brin: I love you, and your biotech start-up

THIS JUST IN: In Silicon Valley's version of "The Bachelor," Anne Wojcicki not only landed one of America's richest men, Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, but she also got her husband's company to finance her start-up.Google said Tuesday that it invested $3.9 million this month in 23andMe, the biotech...

Tags: Culture, Google

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Google goes biotech, invests in 23andMe

Google goes biotech, invests in 23andMeSo everyone's DNA info will end up on a Google database..You can see what horse thief you came from and have your privacy taken from you and you get to see the latest Ancestry.com ads served up for you. You know Google didn't do this...

Tags: Andrew Jackson, Google Inc., biotechnology

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

Google is failing the Microsoft litmus test

Google is failing the Microsoft litmus testIs there a double standard when it comes to Google and Microsoft?YesShould there be?No--rjI still like GoogleI am not a big fan of the recent Google investment in 23andMe, but overall, I am still on the Google bandwagon.Well putI've had to think of certain...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

Google is failing the Microsoft litmus test

If you want to evaluate the "evil" quotient of any company's strategy/behavior, consider how you'd feel about it if it were Microsoft in the driver seat.Robert McLaws of Windows-Now.com fame reminded me of my "Is Google evil?" litmus test in his post, "Google: The New Big Brother." As McLaws paraphrased...

Tags: Apple, Corporate strategy, Google

Blog posts 2007-05-23

News to know: Interop; Anti-spam technique; Google goes biotech

Notable headlines:Promising antispam technique gets nod.Larry Dignan: Google goes biotech, invests in 23andMe. Google invests $3.9 million in biotech start-up.Red Hat CEO decries software patents. Mary Jo Foley: New Microsoft-funded study finds developers don't want GPL to cover patent deals. Microsoft: No plans to sue over Linux patents.Review: T-Mobile Wing...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Google goes biotech, invests in 23andMe

Google said today in an SEC filing that it has invested $3.9 million in  23andMe, a biotech startup that's focused on allowing consumers to search their genome. 23andMe just closed its series A round of funding. The startup's funding round included Google, New Enterprise Associates, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Genentech....

Tags: Google, Innovation, Search

Blog posts 2007-05-22