In vitro fertilization effort gets backing from Google’s Mayer, others
Unfortunately, in vitro fertilization is an expensive and error-prone way for infertile couples to have kids.
Now Gene Security Network, a Portola Valley, Calif., company, claims to have greatly expanded the range and accuracy of embryonic genetic testing — and presumably the odds of having a healthy baby.
It’s one of the first investments we’ve seen from Marissa Mayer, VP in charge of Health and other search products at Google. Sequoia has also invested. See the full story at VentureBeat Life Sciences.
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About the Author, David P. Hamilton
David Hamilton has been writing for VentureBeat LifeScience since April 2007. He formerly spent 14 years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in its San Francisco and Tokyo bureaus. Prior to that, he spent several years as a reporter at Science Magazine and as a reporter/researcher for the New Republic, both in Washington.