Mr. Brin joined in contributing to the prize with his wife Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder of DNA science company 23andMe Inc.

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Anne Wojcicki, the new wife of Google cofounder Sergey Brin, has founded a company called 23andMe to help people interpret their genetic information.

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Anne Wojcicki, the new wife of Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) cofounder Sergey Brin, has founded a company called 23andMe to help people interpret their genetic information.

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DeCODE Genetics is competing with a number of companies that plan to offer personalized genome info, including 23andMe and Navigenics. 23andMe was co-founded by the new wife of Google co-founder SergeyBrinSergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, and has backing from Google and Genentech.

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The lineup of speakers will include molecular biology pioneer Leroy Hood, co-founder of 23andMe Anne Wojcicki, scientific revolutionary and provocateur Eric Schadt, health insurance data analytics innovator Tina Brown-Stevenson, and founding CEO of Sun Microsystems Vinod Khosla, to name a few.

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DeCODE Genetics (nasdaq: DCGN - news - people ) is competing with a number of companies that plan to offer personalized genome info, including 23andMe and Navigenics. 23andMe was co-founded by the new wife of Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) co-founder Sergey Brin , Anne Wojcicki, and has backing from Google and Genentech.

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