23andMe, a company co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, who married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin has offered a Web service that help the user read and understand DNA. 23andMe founded in this April and launched a DNA test cost $999 for individual this Monday. Users that pay for this DNA saliva tests and spit back to the pre-addressed shipping envelops to 23andMe, and wait for four to six weeks, the genetic results will be showed on their accounts on 23andMe. As stated by 23andMe, the genetic data of user will store in their secure database and user may learn her origin, inherited trait, genetic history indicated whether she is going to suffer from a specific disease, and even allowed her to connect genetically with other users around the world. The DNA analysis was done through the DNA chips produced by the partner of 23andMe, i.e. illumina and the chip used in 23andMe’s process is the Illumina HumanHap550+ BeadChip, a DNA Analysis solution, as illumina recently also introduced its fourth multi-sample DNA Analysis tool, i.e. Infinium HumanHap550-Duo BeadChip.

Many might considered 23andMe a Web service provider, but I saw it differently. The concept surrounding this DNA test is the intelligent use of the DNA information, as the key to an ultimate approach to health care is information. By analyzing the DNA of every individual and understand how they are working, 23andMe can improve the quality of live, but it definitely a big challenge for a few months old company.

I’ve found the following video clips, as embedded in the below, these videos allowed me to know more information on this new genetic company.

Video 1: 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey Speak, Part 1

Video 2: 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey Speak, Part 2

Update: 23andMe has raised a whopping $9M in a Series A funding from Google, Genentech and two blue-chip venture capital firms, Mohr Davidow Ventures and New Enterprise Associates in May 2007.