Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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TIVO was a big shift in how people watched TV, but everyone understood the concept of TV. No one really understands the concept of, well why would I want my genetic information?
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I don't necessarily want my physician making all my decisions.
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Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
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The paternalism of the medical industry is insane.
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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.
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Pharma companies don't have a direct relationship with consumers, so they're always subjects.
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Physicians should be genotyped.
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A few small changes in your DNA can turn your eyes blue, make you lactose intolerant or put some curl in your hair.
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If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it and tell me if there's something, and that keeps you focused. I know my family and me well enough; why do I need to read about myself? I'm not going to change, I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.
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I did a lot of fun things before I had kids - I traveled a lot. Now, I just really love being with my kids.
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I still meet old-school scientists who are like, 'Oh honey, women aren't good at science.' You kind of dismiss them as insane.
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I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.
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When I was young, I ate Ho Hos every day.
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Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol.
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If you are somebody who has a disease, you are not complaining when someone starts to do work for you. That is your hope.
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I'm action-oriented.
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As a child, I had a teacher who told me, 'Look, Anne, one person can't make a difference.'
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As the knowledge around personalized medicine continues to grow, consumers should expect their healthcare providers to begin to incorporate genetic information into their treatments and preventative care.
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I was really raised in a gender-neutral household. I always knew I was a girl, but it never occurred to me that there was a limitation.
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The pharma industry is one of the few industries that comes up every year and brags about how much worse they got - like, now it costs $2 billion to make a drug, and it was a billion 5 years ago.
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The world needs more social innovations.
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It's interesting: I think, genetically, there are people who need different things, like exercise. I need the exercise, others not so much, and I think more and more, we'll start to understand why people's bodies function in certain ways.