23andMe has added a new option to its health-focused genetic testing array: type 2 diabetes. This week, the company…
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The first wave of routine genetics testing has already helped millions of people learn about their hereditary risk for…
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Some of the top genomic-testing companies have agreed to abide by a new set of guidelines when sharing consumers’ DNA…
DNA tests can be easily fooled and different tests may draw wildly different conclusions about the supposed heritage of…
Consumer DNA testing is going to the dogs. A Canadian testing company has been accused of sending back supposedly human…
A test developed by scientists in the UK and US might someday be able to pinpoint the men most likely to get prostate…
DNA testing site 23andMe is suing its biggest rival, Ancestry.com. In the suit, filed earlier this month in a…
The pitch was a skincare routine designed especially for me, genetically optimized to give me the skin I was “born to…
Liza Lizarraga has spent hours combing through paper and digital archives to track her family’s history the…
I was crawling around on the floor, chasing my cat, Avalanche, as she artfully wriggled away from me over and over…
Dog may be man’s best friend, and even genetically similar to humans, to boot, but there are enough key differences…
When investigators revealed last week that a genealogy website had played a major role in catching alleged Golden State…
The identity of the Golden State Killer, a notorious serial killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s,…
Investigators in California revealed Thursday that they were able to track down and arrest Joseph James DeAngelo, the su…
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India’s eighth largest state is seeking to build a blockchain-based DNA database of all 50 million of its citizens.
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