Google
has invested $3.9m in a company that lets users browse their genetic profile
online.
Genetics firm
23andMe was
set up by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
"Even though your body contains trillions of copies of your genome, you have
probably never read any of it," says a statement on the 23andMe website.
"Our goal is to connect you to the 23 paired volumes of your own genetic
blueprint (plus your mitochondrial DNA), bringing you personal insight into
ancestry, genealogy and inherited traits."
Brin has also personally provided around $2.6m in debt financing to the
start-up.
The investment comes hot on the heels of the news that Google plans to use a
huge database of personal information to suggest what its users
should be doing with
their lives.
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