On: 23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline

[evandijk70]

There are 250 000 appendectomies a year in the US, multiplied by 14000 USD => 3.5 billion USD in revenues [1].

[1] https://www.lendingpoint.com/blog/appendectomy-what-it-costs...

[Ohn0 → evandijk70]

Good point. I just have a hard time thinking of a non-elective surgery as an "industry".

Maybe we could make it elective and pump those numbers up to grow the addressable market size to all Americans

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170109162333.h...

[JshWright → evandijk70]

No one is earning a living solely doing appendectomies...