Name: Linda Avey on the Importance of Genetic Testing
Uploaded: 2009-03-02T22:46:50-05:00
Duration: 1 min 9 s
Description: The 23andMe co-founder makes a case for testing your genes.

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Co-Founder, 23andMe

Linda Avey has over 20 years of sales and business development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. Prior to starting 23andMe, she[…]

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