The Genetic Conspiracy: DNA Tests Are Sold to Highest Bidder

Is this a repeat of Google's bait and switch? You pay to have your DNA tested, then this evil company sneakily sells the mining rights of the data and makes royalties on new pharmaceuticals.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will pay 23andMe $20 million to extend its five-year contract to mine the company’s consumer DNA data for another year

• The drugmaker is searching for hints about genes that might be at the root of disease. 23andMe will get royalties on any drugs developed

• 23andMe also recently launched a new DNA-sequencing service ca…