The company, called Helix, has received commitments for more than $100 million in financing and has signed on the Mayo Clinic and LabCorp as initial partners.
23andMe has seen a rebound in its ancestry testing business, and hopes that it will be able to return health information to US customers by the year end.
Thanks to a new array, NatGeo will now offer customers expanded Y chromosome and mtDNA analyses, setting it apart in a competitive consumer genomics market.
The collaboration will use AncestryDNA's databases, tools, and algorithms to investigate the genetics of families whose individuals live unusually long lives.
AncestryHealth is a new online resource that the family history company hopes will blossom into a larger business segment devoted exclusively to health.
Industry observers believe that Y chromosome sequencing services — until now the domain of advanced genetic genealogists and academics — could become more popular.
While it may be dominating the market in terms of sales, some industry observers believe that AncestryDNA has work to do before it can challenge the quality of services offered by its rivals.
For the first time in the consumer genomics industry, AncestryDNA will provide customers with a list of probable ancestors based solely on their microarray data.
The US National Institutes of Health's All of Us project awarded $4.6 million to the company Color to develop a genetic counseling resource for the program.
