Anne Wojcicki Quotes
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There's enough data showing that the fitter you are, the better you eat, the more likely you are to stay healthy longer.
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I think it's important to have flexibility to work wherever is best for you. I actually encourage people to work at the cafe - or from home or wherever works best for them.
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There are a lot of people in D.C. who have never been on Twitter or Facebook and don't get what's happening.
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A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.
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One of the big drivers for me is that health care is a very elitist system. As much as we try to make it free and democratic for all, the reality is that it's expensive and not all therapies are accessible to all people. So I have been very focused on making sure that we democratize genetic information so it's available to everyone.
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Incorporating genetics into a platform with the reach of ResearchKit will accelerate insights into illness and disease even further.
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It's very important that children learn to use technology - it's part of life - but also that they learn when to put it down.
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You should know how to take care of yourself. That's one of the things that I got from my mother most - she always said that if you don't take care of yourself, no one will.
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The reality is that the only way change comes is when you lead by example.
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A lot of genetic testing hasn't been integrated into healthcare because it has been expensive. I want to make people realise that they have the ability to be in charge of their own health.
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The fact that my environment influences my life so much - and that my environment is in my control - gives me a great sense of empowerment over my health and my life.
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I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn.
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I'm at a slightly higher risk for type 2 diabetes, and my grandmother had diabetes. My hemoglobin a1c, which is one of the measures, started being a little high when I was drinking a ton of that coconut water.
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I have deep respect for Rep. Jackie Speier and all that she has done to open doors for women everywhere.
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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.
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Big challenges are an accumulation of small challenges.
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I have an unreasonably optimistic view of the world.
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I think the biggest problem in clinical trials is that they are underpowered. And that fundamentally, the studies are just too small.
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Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
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I carry my iPad and laptop with me everywhere.
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Part of the beauty of Silicon Valley is that people generally encourage you to think crazy. It's the hypothesis that there's nothing sacred that can't be changed.
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For people who want to be proactive about their health, there is a lot of information that we can provide. If you are going to have children, I think you have a responsibility to know if you are carrying anything. A lot of people tend to do the testing once they are pregnant.
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One of the things that got me interested in genetics was the relationship between genes and environment. We are all dealt a certain deck of cards, but our environment can influence the outcomes.
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I think we're just scratching the surface. One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it.