Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What if you could harness the power of everything that makes you biologically you—your sex, ancestry, genetic minutiae—to help ...

A “cutting-edge” online course that combines the fields of genetics, data science, and research is being launched in summer ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday a $600,000 partnership with an anti-crime company specializing in ...

One of the world’s biggest genetic databases comprises DNA data donated over the years by more than a million retired military service members. It’s part of a project run by the Department of Veterans ...

Personal genetics startup 23andMe will soon begin using its aggregated data to develop medications. 23andMe offers genetic testing and sold genetic data to pharmaceutical companies and now intends to ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...

Americans with European heritage have long been able to pinpoint their ancestry through DNA testing, but it's only in recent years that those with African heritage have been able to trace their ...

On a special episode (first released on April 16, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: The recent bankruptcy of genetic testing firm 23andMe has raised alarm bells for privacy advocates and consumers worried ...

The announcement that 23andMe is filing for bankruptcy and has put its genetic genealogy database up for sale has sent its customers into a bit of a privacy tizzy. On March 21, California Attorney ...

What if you could harness the power of everything that makes you biologically you—your sex, ancestry, genetic minutiae—to help accelerate drug discovery and prevent and cure diseases? The health care ...