23andMe, born from the techno-optimism of the Human Genome Project, revolutionized direct-to-consumer genetic testing. But with its valuation now in freefall, mounting layoffs and its board resigning ...

Under Illinois law, the basis for collecting DNA is even stricter, protesters noted. Only people “arrested for first degree murder, home invasion, or sexual assault” can be required to submit DNA ...

Nearly two weeks after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home, law enforcement says a glove found not far from the residence did not match any DNA in the government’s criminal ...

The founder of 23andMe Research Institute wants to reach 100 million users, an ambitious goal after the seller of DNA testing ...

Experts met at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to discuss how curated databases could be used to establish the clinical relevance of genetic variations, and how the agency could use ...

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and ...

As a way to better the development of novel diagnostics to detect and diagnose genetic diseases, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday for the first time formally recognized a public ...

23andMe has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which means a new company could acquire its genetic database. DNA data is particularly sensitive, and bad actors can use it to carry ...

Padma Shri awardee Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj helped prove that Andaman tribes carry one of the world's oldest human genetic ...

Cow D lived on a dairy farm in New Zealand. The animal looked like the typical black-and-white cow farmers raise for milk, except for one thing: Researchers had outfitted Cow D with an artificial ...

Six health systems — Advocate Health (Charlotte, N.C.), CommonSpirit Health (Chicago), Six health systems — Advocate Health (Charlotte, N.C.), CommonSpirit Health (Chicago), Henry Ford Health (Detroit ...

23andMe’s database holds genetic information from 15 million customers worldwide. A proposed May 14 auction aims to sell 23andMe’s assets amid bankruptcy. Get access to the leaderboards pointing to ...