When we first wrote this article, it compared 23andMe and Ancestry. Since then, 23andMe has experienced a data breach, a subsequent lawsuit, board members' resignations and layoffs amidst financial ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American As store-based distribution of genetic health ...

A group of consumer genetic and personal genomic testing companies have released a set of best practices for handling consumers’ personal genetic data. Designed to ensure privacy and promote ...

Before you test your DNA, you should have a good reason for testing. For example, while most testers do so to obtain ethnicity estimates, this is mainly for entertainment value and is often not ...

A statewide effort to solve thousands of cold cases by use of advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy is launching in ...

DNA testing platforms like Ancestry.com and 23andMe are transforming the way families approach fertility treatments, donor conception, and family dynamics. Originally intended to trace ancestry, these ...

Researchers at Texas Children's Neurological Research Institute (NRI) and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a powerful new tool within the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) to sharpen the ...

Exclusive: Pre-chemotherapy tests previously did not look for gene variant that put some ethnicities at higher risk of serious side effects ...