23andMe Scores NIH Funding for Pharmacogenetics Research

December 17, 2010

December 17, 2010 | Consumer genomics company 23andMe has received a $190,000 grant to study "web-based phenotyping for genome-wide association studies of drug response" from the NIH. A spokeswoman said: "We believe that advancements in computing and the ubiquity of the Internet enable new approaches to research that are sound, valid and will be an important complement to traditional clinical trials." Fast Company