9.13.2007

VentureBeat � Personal-genetics startup Navigenics, a competitor to Google-backed 23andMe, unstealths

VentureBeat � Personal-genetics startup Navigenics, a competitor to Google-backed 23andMe, unstealths: "In other words, Navigenics essentially intends to get people to have their genomes scanned in a rough-and-ready fashion — in other words, they’ll scan your genes with chips that look for single-letter variations in the genetic code, instead of laboriously reading it out letter by letter — and then to match up what they find with the latest information on the diseases to which your genes might predispose you. Navigenics so far seems focused on the question of what your genes might say about disease, whereas 23andMe is apparently also interested in helping people trace their genealogy and creating social networks where they can compare and contrast their genetics."