Words I never expected to read in the same sentence: Grindr is lobbying to protect and expand IVF access statnews.com/2024/07/29/lgb…

Late breaking news today from 23andMe. Anne Wojcicki has offered to take the company private. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

BIG 23andMe news this am. In a twist, a special committee to the board outright rejected CEO Anne Wojcicki's take-private offer. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A special committee of 23andMe's board says it's not "prepared to move forward" with CEO Anne Wojcicki's $0.40 per share offer to take the company private (✨kvb✨ / Bloomberg) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240802/p12#a24…

Big Fertility is booming. In episode three of Prognosis: Misconception, reporter ✨kvb✨ explores how an influx of financing is changing fertility treatment and questions whether patients, not just businesses, are benefitting. trib.al/bTDxSXq

Fertility is big business now. Is that good for patients? In episode three of Misconception, I look at whether the explosion in the industry that has brought money and attention has ultimately been beneficial for patients. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mis…

When I froze embryos last summer (like so many women who are starting families later in life), I realized a fundamental truth: Freezing is a technological solution to a social problem. I get into that, and more, in the final episode of Misconception. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mis…

literally my dream vacation nytimes.com/2024/09/16/tra…

I went to see Richard Dawkins and wrote about his late career turn toward the culture wars Gift link: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

After Trump promised he would make IVF more accessible, a different anti-IVF argument has gained ground. Some anti-abortion activists say IVF isn’t just destroying life—it's destroying the sanctity of the American nuclear family. ✨kvb✨ reports: theatlantic.com/health/archive…

23andMe’s CEO has said she’ll consider selling the company. That means 15 million people’s DNA might be up for sale too, ✨kvb✨ writes. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

"23andMe’s CEO has said she’ll consider selling the company. That means 15 million people’s DNA might be up for sale too." theatlantic.com/health/archive… by ✨kvb✨ "23andMe is floundering in part because it hasn’t managed to prove the value of collecting all that sensitive,

New filing: Anne Wojcicki is "no longer open to considering third party takeover proposals" for 23andMe. investors.23andme.com/node/9961/html

Realistic copies of embryos, created using stem cells, could provide answers to some of the hardest problems in human development. But how realistic can a replica get before it should be considered human? ✨kvb✨ investigates: theatlantic.com/health/archive…