Anne Wojcicki Quotes

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

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

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.

Big challenges are an accumulation of small challenges.

Everyone's going to die, and everyone's going to get sick at some point. But I do believe that there are choices you can make in life that will make you as healthy as possible.

I'm at a slightly higher risk for type 2 diabetes, and my grandmother had diabetes. My hemoglobin a1c, which is one of the measures, started being a little high when I was drinking a ton of that coconut water.

I don't necessarily want my physician making all my decisions.

People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung cancer. And I think people are able to also understand, when they are told they are a carrier for a genetic disease, that is not a risk to them personally but something that they could pass on to children.

I like company lunches because I think going out wastes valuable time; plus, a lot of good ideas come up over lunch.

I guess I'm just fiercely independent.

A few small changes in your DNA can turn your eyes blue, make you lactose intolerant or put some curl in your hair.

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

If consumers were more empowered, they would take more responsibility for their health.

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.

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

There should be choice in healthcare.

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?

Being able to do research in a real-time way is the way research needs to be done in the future.

There's massive government initiatives going around the world, and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.

23andme is very independent and committed to focusing on transparency.

Obesity is awesome from a Wall Street perspective. It's not just one disease - there are all sorts of related diseases to profit from.

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.

I first heard about 'genes' when I was six years old. At dinner one night, I heard my mom tell my sister, 'It's in your genes.'

I usually start my day when my kids wake up.

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

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.

I think life is pretty awesome.

I think it's important to have flexibility to work wherever is best for you. I actually encourage people to work at the cafe - or from home or wherever works best for them.

23andMe is pleased to bring public funding to bear on data and research driven by the public - our more than 180,000 customers.

Our understanding of how DNA informs our health and development is advancing at an incredible pace.

Billions of dollars have been put into genetic research.

We all want our genetic information. Why would you not want genetic information?

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.

A lot of genetic testing hasn't been integrated into healthcare because it has been expensive. I want to make people realise that they have the ability to be in charge of their own health.

My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.

I think the biggest problem in clinical trials is that they are underpowered. And that fundamentally, the studies are just too small.

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.

I think that the idea of people wanting to steal your genome remains a little bit in the world of science fiction. It's a new technology, and it's new science that people are becoming familiar with. It's critical for us to do everything we can to enable the privacy level that people want.

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.

We should revel in tons and tons and tons of ideas. Some of them will manifest and lead to a drug discovery, and some will not.

Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

The world needs more social innovations.

All the kids from my nursery school are still in touch.

My mom was a problem solver.

You may not know your complete family history, but the reality is everyone has something, and as you get older, you start to worry about these things more. Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.

Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood.

It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible.