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April 25th is DNA Day. I know, you probably had no idea.

My mom was a problem solver.

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April 25th is DNA Day. I know, you probably had no idea.

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One of the big drivers for me is that health care is a very elitist system. As much as we try to make it free and democratic for all, the reality is that it's expensive and not all therapies are accessible to all people. So I have been very focused on making sure that we democratize genetic information so it's available to everyone.

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My sister learned she was a carrier for a recessive disease, Bloom syndrome, late in one of her pregnancies. I remember the panicked call and the weeks of worry as she and her husband awaited his test results; if he was also a carrier, this meant their daughter had a one in four chance of being born with the disorder.

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I had a very unusual childhood in that I grew up on the Stanford campus and I never moved.

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There's not enough competition and innovation in healthcare.

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Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer can learn a tremendous amount from women who have already been treated.

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Making personalized medicine a reality will require a strong partnership between 23andMe and the physician and medical communities.

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I was really raised in a gender-neutral household. I always knew I was a girl, but it never occurred to me that there was a limitation.

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Being in Silicon Valley makes me strict when it comes to my children's technology use. I am surrounded by it all day, so I try to avoid it when I get home. I set screen-time limits, because I think it's good to diversify activities.

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I do let the kids play on devices when we eat out - it's better than being thrown out of a restaurant.

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Big data is going to make us all healthier.

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If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it and tell me if there's something, and that keeps you focused. I know my family and me well enough; why do I need to read about myself? I'm not going to change, I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.

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When I graduated from college in 1996 and the Internet was taking off, I remember this feeling that there was an open range where anything could be built.

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Employment and health insurance are now protected by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

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

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Our approach to medicine is very 19th-century. We are still in the dark ages. We really need to get to the molecular level so that we are no longer groping about in the dark.

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As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'

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

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You don't do new things and try to change the system without generating debate.

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We don't have enough data about how lifestyle decisions impact our health.

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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.

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The fact that my environment influences my life so much - and that my environment is in my control - gives me a great sense of empowerment over my health and my life.

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Data helps solve problems.

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You don't necessarily want your physician to have all your information.

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The paternalism of the medical industry is insane.

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It's worth knowing more about the complicated environmental and genetic factors that could explain why traumatic brain injuries lead to long-term disabilities in some people and not in others.

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There's a whole group of people who are 100-plus and have no disease. Why?

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I was brought up with a scientific outlook on life. It's the way my father deciphers the world - whether it's football, politics or hairstyles. So I don't get anxious about the future, because I was raised to believe and accept that nothing stays the same, and the best way to survive is to adapt.

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I still meet old-school scientists who are like, 'Oh honey, women aren't good at science.' You kind of dismiss them as insane.

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For people who want to be proactive about their health, there is a lot of information that we can provide. If you are going to have children, I think you have a responsibility to know if you are carrying anything. A lot of people tend to do the testing once they are pregnant.

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I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.

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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?

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The consumer is really underutilized in health care.

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Just as computer technology and the Internet created whole new industries and extraordinary benefits for people that extend into almost every realm of human endeavor from education to transportation to medicine, genetics will undoubtedly benefit people everywhere in ways we can't even imagine but know will surely occur.

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There's enough data showing that the fitter you are, the better you eat, the more likely you are to stay healthy longer.

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