23andMe Reaches 100,000 Records in DNA Database

Jun 15, 2011, 09:40 AM by Michael Croft

San Jose Mercury News | Consumer genomics company 23andMe has announced that it has built what co-founder Anne Wojcicki calls one of the world's largest DNA databases, with the number of people exceeding 100,000.

June 15, 2011 | Consumer genomics company 23andMe has announced that, as of this week, it now has 100,000 people in its DNA database. Co-founder/CEO Anne Wojcicki calls it one of the world's largest genetic databases, which will enable them to do "a tremendous amount of discovery" into the possible causes of ailments such as Parkinson's disease. The number of records has grown at least 25,000 since the beginning of this year. San Jose Mercury News