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People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung cancer. And I think people are able to also understand, when they are told they are a carrier for a genetic disease, that is not a risk to them personally but something that they could pass on to children.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Able Also Cancer Carrier Children Could Dealing Disease Genetic Higher Lung Pass People Personally Risk Smoke Something Them Think Understand Used You I Think

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There's a whole group of people who are 100-plus and have no disease. Why?

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Disease Group People Who Whole Why

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Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: About Alzheimer Disease Genetic Informative Parkinson Risk Some

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My sister learned she was a carrier for a recessive disease, Bloom syndrome, late in one of her pregnancies. I remember the panicked call and the weeks of worry as she and her husband awaited his test results; if he was also a carrier, this meant their daughter had a one in four chance of being born with the disorder.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Also Being Bloom Born Call Carrier Chance Daughter Disease Disorder Four Had He Her His Husband Late Learned Meant Panicked Remember Results She Sister Syndrome Test Weeks Worry I Remember

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You are not just about death and disease.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: About Death Disease Just You

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We care a lot more about not having the disease than treating it.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: About Care Disease Having Lot More Than Treating

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Incorporating genetics into a platform with the reach of ResearchKit will accelerate insights into illness and disease even further.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Accelerate Disease Even Further Genetics Illness Insights Platform Reach Will

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There's clearly things you can do in your environment to try to prevent disease, and I want to know what those things are.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Clearly Disease Environment Know Prevent Things Those Try Want You Your

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If you are somebody who has a disease, you are not complaining when someone starts to do work for you. That is your hope.

~Anne Wojcicki

Topics: Complaining Disease Hope Somebody Someone Starts Who Work You Your

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I originally got very interested in memory in high school when my grandmother came to live with us. She had been diagnosed with dementia. It was the first time I had heard the word 'Alzheimer's disease.'

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Alzheimer Been Came Dementia Diagnosed Disease First First Time Got Grandmother Had Heard High High School Interested Live Memory Originally School She Time Us Very Word

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