(AP) -- A Google-backed startup that analyzes customers' genetic makeup to predict health risks and provide ancestry information has slashed the price on its personal DNA test, the company announced Tuesday.
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23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki [...] is married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
googleplex: You'll have much larger problems than insurance companies getting info FROM these vaults. If you drink a glass of water, or maybe open a door to an office at an insurance company, chances are they will be able to pick up a great deal of genetic information on you. Do you think they would hesitate to pay the $400 to find out if it's a safe bet to cover you? I'm just saying I don't think the relationship between the gene tech company and the customer is going to be the breaking point here.
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