DNA-testing site 23andMe fights for survival
Once millions used it to find out about their family histories - this week it was almost delisted. What went wrong?
BBC News
23andMe Holding Co. is an American personal genomics and biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California. It is best known for providing a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service in which customers provide a saliva sample that is laboratory analysed, using single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, to generate reports relating to the customer's ancestry and genetic predispositions to health-related topics. The company's name is derived from the 23 pairs of chromosomes in a diploid human cell.
Once millions used it to find out about their family histories - this week it was almost delisted. What went wrong?