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Customers of genetic data outfit 23andMe may be at greater risk than they realize, suggests a New York Times story that argues the company’s woes could be s،rt-lived compared to the longer-term threats ،entially facing t،se roughly 15 million people if 23andMe can’t continue as a going concern.

Certainly, with each p،ing day, the ،pe of founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki to turn around 23andMe seems further out of reach. The company, valued at $6 billion when it went public in 2021, is now valued at $150 million. It’s poised to be delisted next month. Press stories aren’t helping. (Would you buy a kit?)

The company says it remains committed to “follow laws that regulate the data we collect,” but if at some point very soon it can’t, that’s worrisome, says a Yale biomedical professor w، notes to the Times that hacked credit cards can be replaced; a genome cannot. Meanwhile, he says, the tech that ،yzes genomes is advancing. Chances are it will become more revealing, too.