Anne Wojcicki Quotes

Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol.

Once we all have our genomes, some of these extremely rare diseases are going to be totally predictable.

Everybody is going to want to look at their genetics. You're going to want to get a genetic profile.

Your genome sequence will become a vital part of your medical record, thereby providing critical information about how to optimize your wellness.

Not only can consumers handle their personal genetic information, but they are getting genomically oriented and anchored about such data.

As the knowledge around personalized medicine continues to grow, consumers should expect their healthcare providers to begin to incorporate genetic information into their treatments and preventative care.

You can get so much value just from being genotyped.

My family and I were some of the first people to be genotyped.

Being the first FDA-authorized direct-to-consumer genetic test out there is revolutionary.

I think we're just scratching the surface. One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it.

One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it.

What I really wanted was for everybody to have their genome and, ideally, everybody to share their genome, and for that, we needed to bring the price way down.

The question is, are there useful things that we can do with the results of a genome sequence that would bring benefit? And the answer is, today, should the majority of people go and have their genome sequenced? Probably not. But are there particular circumstances in which genome sequencing is really helpful? Yes, there are.

The goal of getting your genome done is not to tell you what you will die from, but it's how to learn how to take action to prevent disease.

We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness.

I have had my genome fully sequenced and have learned a great deal about which medications I would respond to and which might or would induce major side effects, along with knowing many medical conditions for which I'm particularly susceptible.

Every couple of weeks, someone writes in and says, '23andMe saved my life.'

But full sequencing? No. Very hard to interpret. At some point probably we'll all have that opportunity but most of what's there will be stuff that we don't know what to say much about. So it's a great research tool, but for clinical purposes to advise somebody to practice better health maintenance, it's not necessarily gonna be a big one for a while.

I had the analysis of a million or so SNPs [single nucleotide polymorphisms] just to see what was there. That's partly because I was writing a book about DNA and personalized medicine and I thought it would be a little bit disingenuous to talk about what could be done without actually having the experiment done on yourself.

I've always been fascinated by what you can learn from looking into your DNA.

Medicine will be personalized and preventive: Your genome might predict that you have an 80 percent chance of breast cancer by the time you are 50, but if you take a preventive drug starting when you are 40, the chance will drop to 2 percent.

If genetic research doesn't seemed to have lived up to its therapeutic promise, it's because sequencing is just too slow and expensive.

If I can get people to accept that a DNA test is nothing to be intimidated about, then we can do tests that determine how well you metabolise certain drugs and test for breast cancer.

There have been lots of stories written about all the hype over getting the genome done and the letdown of not discovering lots of cures right after.

Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.