DNA testing company 23andMe has signed a $300 million deal with a drug giant — here's how to delete your data if that freaks you out

Hollis Johnson

Popular DNA testing companies like Ancestry and 23andMe can — and frequently do — sell your data to drug makers. On Wednesday, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline announced it was acquiring a $300 million stake in 23andMe — making that connection much more explicit. If that new has you wondering about how your own genetic material is being used, here's a guide to deleting your DNA sample and data from 23andMe, Ancestry, and Helix.

Popular spit-in-a-tube genetics testing companies like Ancestry and 23andMe can — and frequently do — sell your data to drug makers. But on Wednesday, one of those partnerships became much more explicit: pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline announced it was acquiring a $300 million stake in 23andMe.

As part of a 4-year deal between the two companies, GlaxoSmithKline will comb 23andMe's genetic data to look for potential new drugs to develop, also referred to as drug targets. It will also use the genetic data to inform how patients are selected for clinical trials.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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