23andMe Acquires CureTogether, Inc.
23andMe is a company that makes a DNA testing kit that genealogists can use to learn more about their ancestry and health. The company recently acquired a company called CureTogether, Inc. The combined resources should enhance what 23andMe currently offers. You may have heard of 23andMe. They sell a DNA testing kit that requires you to provide a sample of saliva. A lab gets your DNA from the cheek cells that are preserved in your saliva. The lab then copies your DNA in a process called amplification until it has a large enough sample to enable genotyping. The DNA kit … Continue reading