Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

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 ...

Millions of people's genetic data may be up for grabs soon. Has yours already been taken? 23andMe, the genetic testing company that had consumers sending in swabs of their saliva to discover 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 ...

GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. A change to GEDmatch, a third-party genealogy site that's helped crack cold cases through user's DNA, may hinder law enforcement's ability to ...

Just this year, Milking Speed (MSPD) became available for Holsteins after tens of thousands of lactation records were ...

A massive genetic sequencing project in Iceland has produced a database that allows researchers to identify disease-causing genes at a population level. Decode, an Icelandic genetics firm owned by ...

A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—at higher risk ...