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Apr 08, 2020

Cuts at Some Health Tech Startups

Stat News reports some health tech startups are laying off or furloughing workers.

Feb 11, 2020

Slower Times

CNBC discusses factors contributing to the state of direct-to-consumer genetic testing. 

Feb 06, 2020

Ancestry Layoffs

Ancestry is laying off about 6 percent of its workforce due to a decline in customer demand.

Feb 06, 2020

Ancestry Lays off 6 Percent of Employees due to Consumer Slump

CEO Margo Georgiadis said that the company has "seen a slowdown in consumer demand across the entire DNA category."

Jan 24, 2020

Layoffs at 23andMe

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing firm 23andMe is laying off about 100 people.

Jan 23, 2020

23andMe Lays off 100 Employees Across Consumer Business

The layoffs occurred across 23andMe's consumer business, which is being restructured, but did not impact its therapeutics business.

Dec 17, 2019

Institute Lays Off TB Vaccine Researchers

The New York Times reports the Infectious Disease Research Institute in Seattle has laid off about a third of its researchers.

Dec 05, 2019

Veritas Genetics Halts US Operations, Lays Off More Than 30

In a Twitter message dated Dec. 4, the company said it is suspending its US operations for the time being "due to an unexpected adverse financing situation."

Sep 27, 2019

Illumina to Lay Off 58 Employees

The firm disclosed to the state of California that it plans to lay off 42 employees in San Diego and 16 employees in Foster City.

May 24, 2019

Helix, DNA Test Providers Discuss Challenges of App Marketplace Model

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Several genetic test providers thought Helix would give them a national sales channel for their genomics apps, but this didn't materialize.

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The Scan

Preprints During Lockdown

New analyses indicate female researchers are publishing less during the coronavirus pandemic than male researchers, according to Nature News.

ApoE and COVID-19

A study suggests people with the ApoE e4 genotype may be more likely to have severe COVID-19 than those with other genotypes, the Guardian says.

Search for Genetic Clues to COVID-19 Severity

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies are searching for a genetic reason for why some people, but not others, become gravely ill with COVID-19, the Detroit Free Press reports.

PNAS Papers on Retinal Development, Adoptive T Cell Transfer, Blood Cell Differentiation

In PNAS this week: forward genetics-base analysis of retinal development, interactions of T cell receptors with neoantigens in colorectal cancer, and more.

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