Valley Girls: Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki
BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Genetics just got personal is the view of the two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs behind 23andMe who are trying to change the world of healthcare
Linda Avey
+Vote!
+Vote!
Sergey Brin's Wife Shows Off Baby Bump and Talks About Her Invention of the Year
geeksugar (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
I was just in the midst of catching up on my daily dose of Oprah on Friday, when who should appear on her Friday Live! episode, but Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Alongside her 23andMe co-founder Linda Avey, Wojcicki talked about her Retail DNA Test Kit , which was named Time's 2008 Invention of the Year . For only $399 (a price drop from $1000), you can now...
+Vote!
Controversial Gene Testing Kit Earns TIME "Invention of the Year" Honors For 2008
Daily Tech (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... king, but her own company has quickly become perhaps the king of genetics startups.Co-founded with Linda Avey, the Mountain View, Calif. firm offers unprecedented insight into possible inherited genetic problems and facts, all at the consumers' fingertips. The company offers a genetic profile based on a saliva swab sent in for processing by users who purchase the $399 off-the-shelf...
- add comment
- send to a friend
- Explore : Famous Blogs
+Vote!
# 1 Invention of the Year "23andMe" will Demo at HSM's World Innovation Forum
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... will provide an outstanding illustration of innovation in a wiki world. 23andMe co-founders Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki will demonstrate the way in which data compiled from individuals around the globe is building a universal data base of genetic information with broad based value to individuals, executives, researchers and society at large. By tapping into global data pools, how...
+Vote!
TIME’s Best Invention Of 2008
Business Opportunities Weblog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... mailed to 23andMe, customers can expect results in about 4-6 weeks. The company was co-founded by Linda Avey, a biopharmaceutical industry veteran with a background in biology; and Anne Wojcicki, an entrepreneur with experience in healthcare investing and a Yale University degree in biology. Photo by 23andMe .
+Vote!
Time Picks Best Invention Of The Year 2008: DNA Test "23andMe"
Inventor Spot (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Time Magazine has announced the 50 best inventions of 2008 and at its top is a DNA test called 23andMe. It's not as well-known as the iPhone, , but if 23andMe catches on, it will change how much we know about ourselves, our families, and possibly, about others. Created by Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey, 23andMe is a mail order, self-administered DNA test! For $399, you receive a 23andMe...
- add comment
- send to a friend
- Explore : Computers, Invention, iPhone
+Vote!
TIME's Best Inventions of 2008
Time (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Before meeting with Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of a consumer gene-testing service called 23andMe, I know just three things about her: she's pregnant, she's married to Google's Sergey Brin, and she went to Yale. But after an hour chatting with her in the small office she shares with co-founder Linda Avey at 23andMe's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., I know some things no Internet...
+Vote!
23andMe named best 2008 invention
The Remote Viewer (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... mailed to 23andMe, customers can expect results in about 4-6 weeks. The company was co-founded by Linda Avey, a biopharmaceutical industry veteran with a background in biology; and Anne Wojcicki, an entrepreneur with experience in healthcare investing and a Yale University degree in biology. Wojcicki’s husband, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, has an additional reason to be proud of...
- add comment
- send to a friend
- Explore : Genetics, Genetics, Health-Fitness
+Vote!
Will Technology Cure Health Care — Or Kill It?
GigaOM (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
... service recently fell from $999 to $399. “We always knew the technology cost would drop,” said Linda Avey, the company’s co-founder. “The decline in genotyping costs surpasses that of Moore’s Law.” Testing can get as low as $60, as Familybuilder recently showed. Founded in 2007, the company received a $1.5M Series A funding from DN Capital in February 2008. While the company only...
- add comment
- send to a friend
- Explore : Web 2.0
