23 and me will train lemonades fleet of doctors on how to make use of genetic information. The company is trying to figure out what actionable health recommendations based on genetic risk factors should be. Your gens can affect how well you metabolize certain drugs, and may influence which antidapressant or anti fungle works best with your biology. There are no federal laws prohibiting companies outside of a health care setting from providing individuals genetic information to third parties.
This week's Cover Story for Bloomberg Businessweek:
'23andMe Wants to Use Its Customers’ Genetic Data to Beat Cancer'
Read by Bloomberg's Mark Leydorf
CEO Anne Wojcicki wants to make drugs using insights from millions of customer DNA samples, and doesn’t think that should bother anyone.
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