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Flipboard Science Desk<p>On Sunday, the genetic testing and heritage company 23andMe announced that it had entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was asking a court to arrange its sale. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@ArsTechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ArsTechnica</span></a></span> reports: <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/03/genetic-testing-company-23andme-declares-bankruptcy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/genetic-testing-company-23andme-declares-bankruptcy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/23andMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>23andMe</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GeneticData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticData</span></a></p>
Sebastian Büttrich @ ITU<p><a href="https://social.itu.dk/tags/23andme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>23andme</span></a> is getting ready to sell what s left (down to 11 million from 3.5 billion) - in capitalist newspeak "to Maximize Stakeholder Value Through Court-Supervised Sale Process" -</p><p>asking customers to delete their <a href="https://social.itu.dk/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> now as it will be given away.</p><p>[german]</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/23andme-beantragt-Insolvenzschutz-zielt-auf-Verkauf-Hinweis-auf-Datenloeschung-10325684.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/23andme-beantrag</span><span class="invisible">t-Insolvenzschutz-zielt-auf-Verkauf-Hinweis-auf-Datenloeschung-10325684.html</span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@mho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mho</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://social.itu.dk/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genetics</span></a> <a href="https://social.itu.dk/tags/geneticData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geneticData</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>GSK Plc will pay <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/23andMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>23andMe</span></a> Holding Co. $20M for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GeneticTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticTesting</span></a> company’s vast <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trove</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DNAData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNAData</span></a>, extending a 5 yr collaboration that’s allowed the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/drugmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugmaker</span></a> to mine <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/geneticdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geneticdata</span></a> as it researches new <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medications</span></a>. Under the new agreement, 23andMe will provide GSK with one year of access to anonymized <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> data from the approximately 80% of gene-testing customers who have agreed to share their information for research. Really? <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/23andme-will-give-gsk-access-to-consumer-dna-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">23-10-30/23andme-will-give-gsk-access-to-consumer-dna-data</span></a></p>
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