In 2007, 23andMe became the first company to begin offering autosomal DNA testing for ancestry, which all other major companies now use.
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20 Facts About 23andMe
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Investment documents from 2007 suggest that 23andMe hoped to develop a database to pursue research efforts.
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In 2012, 23andMe raised $50 million in a Series D venture round, almost doubling its capital of $52.
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In 2015, 23andMe raised $115 million in a Series E offering, increasing capital to $241 million.
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In June 2017, 23andMe created a brand marketing advertisement featuring Gru from Despicable Me.
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On July 25, 2018, 23andMe announced it a partnership with GlaxoSmithKline to allow the pharmaceutical company to use test results from 5 million customers to design new drugs.
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In January 2020, 23andMe announced it would lay off about 100 of its employees.
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In October 2021, 23andMe announced that it would acquire Lemonaid Health, a telehealth company, for $400 million with the deal closing in November.
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On December 5, 2013, 23andMe announced that it had suspended health-related genetic tests for customers who purchased the test from November 22, 2013 in order to comply with the FDA warning letter, while undergoing regulatory review.
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In May 2014, it was reported that 23andMe was exploring alternative locations abroad, including Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, in which to offer its full genetic testing service.
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On October 21, 2015, 23andMe announced that it would begin marketing carrier tests in the US again.
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In February 2018, 23andMe announced that its ancestry reporting would tell people what country they were from, not just what region, and increased the number of regions by 120.
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In June 2020, 23andMe published results from a study that claimed that people with type O blood may be at lower risk of catching COVID-19.
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Company collects not only genetic and personal information from customers who order DNA tests, but data about other web behavior information that 23andMe captures through the use of its website, products, software, cookies, and through its smartphone app.
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Since 23andMe is not a medical provider the company does not have to abide by standard privacy policies that must be followed at a doctor's office, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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In July 2012, 23andMe acquired the startup CureTogether, a crowdsourced treatment ratings website with data on over 600 medical conditions.
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In 2010, 23andMe said that it was able to use its database to validate work published by the NIH: identifying mutations in the gene that codes for glucocerebrosidase as a risk factor for Parkinson's disease.
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In 2015, 23andMe made a business decision to pursue drug discovery themselves, under the direction of former Genentech executive Richard Scheller.
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Also in 2016, 23andMe used self-reported data from customers to locate 17 genetic loci that seem to be associated with depression.
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Over 5 million 23andMe customers have opted in for their data being used in research.
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