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145 If 23andMe Is Up for Sale, So Is All That DNA

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/27/2024 16:45 EDT

If 23andMe Is Up for Sale, So Is All That DNA

23andMe is not doing well. Its stock is on the verge of being delisted. It shut down its in-house drug-development unit last month, only the latest in several rounds of layoffs. Last week, the entire board of directors quit, save for Anne Wojcicki, a co-founder and the company's CEO. Amid this downward spiral, Wojcicki has said she'll consider selling 23andMe -- which means the DNA of 23andMe's 15 million customers would be up for sale, too. The Atlantic: 23andMe's trove of genetic data might be its most va

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