Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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We should revel in tons and tons and tons of ideas. Some of them will manifest and lead to a drug discovery, and some will not.
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I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and error method to see if my child is allergic to an antibiotic or peanuts. I should just know.
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There's nothing more raw in life than when you're sick.
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I had a very unusual childhood in that I grew up on the Stanford campus and I never moved.
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Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.
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There's going to be space travel at some point.
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You can get so much value just from being genotyped.
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Nobody can quantify for you what's the impact of eating fiber every day, for instance. We can say we think it's good. But some people might say 'Oh, it reduces your risk of colon cancer by 20%, some people might say it reduces your risk by 25%.'
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People are used to dealing with risk.
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I do believe at some point in time everyone will be genotyped at birth.
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I really like raw connections, and so I've always had a harder time in politics because I feel there's a lot of veneer around everything.
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Data helps solve problems.
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FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care.
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Did you know that there was a study in 1961 that found that 90 percent of physicians wouldn't tell you if you were diagnosed with cancer?
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When you try new things, you will make mistakes. That's OK.
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I do let the kids play on devices when we eat out - it's better than being thrown out of a restaurant.
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There should be choice in healthcare.
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Traditionally, when you talk to people who have Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, they'll talk about how they're in five or six studies, and they've been sequenced by each study. That's just fat in the system. Just have a single data set that then you can share. You can make the entire system more efficient.
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My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.
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You don't necessarily want your physician to have all your information.