DNA testing is all about unlocking secrets. But sometimes surrendering your saliva may also mean surrendering a bit of privacy—yours or someone else's.
Jul 4, 2019
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When I got home after work I was surprised to find my husband and three children sitting by the television and watching the news. They had just learned that the direct to consumer genetic testing company 23andMe was now offering ...
Mar 13, 2019
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When researchers say they have sequenced the human genome, there is a caveat to this statement: a lot of the human genome is sequenced and assembled, but there are regions that are full of repetitive elements, making them ...
Feb 7, 2019
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak. As is the case with any disease caused by pathogenic viruses – like Zika or influenza – Ebola spreads dangerously and unpredictably. This makes tracking ...
Jan 14, 2019
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This Christmas, many Americans will find the gifts under their tree may lead to a long-lost relative or a map of ancestral migrations.
Dec 21, 2018
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Many people first became familiar with DNA testing through its use in the OJ Simpson murder trial in 1994. Now, 24 years later, there have been two dramatic advances in the capability of forensic genetics that mark the start ...
Dec 19, 2018
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New laws are required to control access to medical genetic data by law enforcement agencies, an analysis by University of Queensland researchers has found.
Dec 18, 2018
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The National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) will begin making large-scale DNA sequence data available to investigators. The goal is to make Alzheimer's disease-relevant genetic ...
Jul 23, 2018
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Would you want to know if you harbor a gene linked to Alzheimer's or another incurable disease? A new poll finds most Americans would.
Jul 19, 2018
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Princeton researchers have developed a new computational method that increases the ability to track the spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another.
Jun 29, 2018
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