Anne Wojcicki

Our approach to medicine is very 19th-century. We are still in the dark ages. We really need to get to the molecular level so that we are no longer groping about in the dark. ”

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

I guess I'm just fiercely independent. ”

I hope that Los Altos is one of the first cities to have self-driving cars, and if that's true, well, awesome, because there's a lot of parking lots that we could get rid of and use for parks. That would be amazing! ”

As a parent, the most responsible thing I can do is get as much information about my children as possible so I can then think through how I can make them as healthy as possible. ”

My perfect weekend is going for a walk with my family in the park. I don't think there's anything better. ”

As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.' ”

My family and I were some of the first people to be genotyped. ”

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. ”

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. ”