23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes 'Likes'

Re:23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes... by legulere on Sunday July 10, 2016 @03:36PM (#12066915)

It's more about 23andMe advertising that by being a paying customer you will advance science, when what they're doing is selling your data to pharma companies.

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Re:23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes... by voodoomagicman on Sunday July 10, 2016 @04:00PM (#12067031)

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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Re:23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes... by legulere on Sunday July 10, 2016 @05:58PM (#12067446)

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

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Re:23andMe Is Monetizing Your DNA the Way Facebook Monetizes... by kalefranz on Sunday July 10, 2016 @10:31PM (#12068511)

> 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."

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