A bankruptcy judge approved the sale of 23andMe's assets and business operations to a nonprofit led by 23andMe’s co-founder and former chief executive, Anne Wojcicki.

A bankruptcy court this week approved the $305 million sale of genetics testing firm 23andMe to a nonprofit organization led by the company's former CEO Anne Wojcicki, the company announced. The 23andMe bankruptcy earlier this year elicited fears about the security of genetic data belonging to the company's roughly 15 million customers.