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DNA Testing India: Startup Wants to Sequence 20% of World’s Population | Anu Acharya, Mapmygenome

By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH

Not all genetic testing is equal — and neither are the populations that have ready access to them. Anu Acharya founded Mapmygenome in order to fix the inequality in the amount of genetic data available on Indians. Despite being one of the largest populations in the world (20% of the world’s population is Indian), their genomic data only amounts to about 2% of what’s currently being collected and studied. Tune in to find out how this startup plans to scale to become the leading personal genomics company in India.

Filmed at Webit Health in Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2019.