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voodoomagicman | 9 years ago

I'm a 23andme customer and the aggregate data being used like this is exactly what I expected and is a big part of the reason I signed up.

There is a lot I don't love about Pharma companies, but when they use this data to develop or better target drugs, they are advancing science.

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legulere|9 years ago

Wouldn't you prefer if 23andMe to offer the data to all scientists and not only pharma companies paying millions?

kalefranz|9 years ago

> Wouldn't you prefer if 23andMe to offer the data to all scientists and not only pharma companies paying millions?

Why do you assume 23andMe doesn't?

https://mediacenter.23andme.com/academic-research-collaborat...

"The 23andMe Academic Research Collaboration Program allows academic researchers to access de-identified, aggregated data from the 23andMe database."