Anne Wojcicki Quotes

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

I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn.

I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn. One of the things we try to do is educate individuals that knowing information is empowering.

The Human Genome Project has given us a genetic parts list.

Your genome isn't really secret.

TIVO was a big shift in how people watched TV, but everyone understood the concept of TV. No one really understands the concept of, well why would I want my genetic information?

I didn't want my genome to be sequenced by any of the companies that were out there doing the partial sequences just from the point of view of commercialisation.

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

While our amplified knowledge of genetics - and the increasing precision of the field - does make it tempting to take on celebrity cases, retro-genetics can't always provide clear answers.

The Human Genome Project alone is the Full Employment Act for bioethicists.

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

I've come to the conclusion that you shouldn't have to see a genetic counselor. It should be a choice.

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

We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination.

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

We need to and must protect privacy. But I think that people will be willing and even eager to share medical information about themselves for the greater good of mankind.

During this period, I became interested in how the new techniques of cloning and sequencing DNA could influence the study of genetics and I was an early and active proponent of the Human Genome Sequencing Project.

It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible.

Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood.

There's massive government initiatives going around the world, and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.

Physicians should be genotyped.

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.

A cardinal principle that we must not stray from - no exceptions - is that your genetic information is your business in terms of who sees it. Nobody should be gaining access to that information without your explicit permission, and nobody should be requiring you to take a genetic test unless you decide that that's what you want to do.

Though social eugenics was discredited long ago, we still often think of the genome in quasi-eugenic terms. When we read about the latest discovery of a link between a gene and a disease, we imagine that we've learned the cause of the disease, and we may even think we'll get a cure by fixing the gene.