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Downhill trend of the demand for consumer genomics

They are laying off staff now as their profits are not as high as before

07-Feb-2020

Key points from article :

23andMe and Ancestry say that sales of their DNA testing kits have been slowing over the past year.

DNA testing unnecessarily worry some people and create a false sense of security in others.

The excitement about the idea of getting a person's DNA tested has worn off.

Privacy concerns are turning down people from getting commercial DNA testing.

But these companies have valuable, vast data sets, containing information on their customers.

These information include customer's DNA and some other personal details.

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23andMe

Home DNA testing kit.

Ancestry

Company specializing in consumer genomics

Brad Malin

Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, & Computer Science

Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup

Research Fellow in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute in Boston

Topics mentioned on this page:
DNA Testing, Big Pharma