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Ancestry's DNA test has traced the family histories of more than 15 million...
The genealogy giant Ancestry is getting into the business of healthcare.On Tuesday, the company announced two health products: AncestryHealth Core and AncestryHealth Plus, which are designed to help...
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Ancestry just came out with 2 new DNA tests focused on health. Here’s what...
Genealogy giant Ancestry is getting into the business of healthcare. On Tuesday, the company announced two health products: AncestryHealth Core and AncestryHealth Plus, which can help users of the...
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The best at-home DNA test kits you can buy
Your DNA holds the story of your lineage as well as a wealth of information about your body in terms of aging, health, and more.The AncestryDNA Genetic Testing Kit is the best DNA testing kit you can...
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US troops took and tested 'substantial parts' of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi's...
US President Donald Trump revealed in a press conference Sunday that US forces had taken with them "substantial parts" of ISIS leader Abu bakr al-Baghdadi's body after he was killed in a US forces...
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The mother of Hunter Biden's secret child is asking him to cover the $11,000...
A DNA test revealed that Hunter Biden was the father of a baby in Arkansas, according to court documents filed on Wednesday in Independence County, Arkansas.The baby's mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts,...
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The DNA-testing 'fad' is ending. We spoke to the CEOs of Ancestry and 23andMe...
Consumers aren't flocking to send their spit into genetic testing companies in as high a numbers as the industry expected. "The market's been down and we don't see that coming back next year," Vijay...
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Dispensed: The state of the consumer genetics market, a thorny issue facing...
Hello,Welcome to a very special mid-week edition of Dispensed, in which the smell of pies baking is already starting to fill the air and we're looking forward to a long weekend filled with Thanksgiving...
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The golden age of at-home genetic testing may be over — but it's still a...
Sales are slowing for leading direct-to-consumer genetics testing sites AncestryDNA and 23andMe, Business Insider's Lydia Ramsey reported.Despite sales projections for genetics testing companies,...
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The Chinese scientist who claims to have edited babies' DNA has been...
Chinese scientist He Jiankui, who claims to have made the first genetically edited babies in the world using CRISPR technology, has been sentenced to three years in prison. Many scientists, ethicists,...
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The Pentagon is telling troops to stop using mail-in DNA test kits
The Pentagon has advised US troops to avoid genetic-testing kits out of concern their personal information could be compromised.The companies that perform the testing say the information they gather is...
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A rare chemical that helped DNA form may have come to Earth on comets from...
Phosphorus is key in forming DNA and giving rise to life on Earth, but the element is rare in the universe.Scientists don't know how Earth got its phosphorus, but scientists just found...
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23andMe just laid off 100 employees as the DNA-testing 'fad' ends
23andMe is laying off 100 amid a slowdown in the consumer genetics market, CNBC first reported Thursday. The layoffs hit departments across the organization in an effort to scale back on work that...
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A man suspected of raping at least 44 women in Florida was apprehended after...
Police in Miami, Florida, have arrested 60-year-old Robert Koehler, who they believe raped 44 women in the 1980s. Police only found Koehler after his son was arrested on an unrelated case and his DNA...
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A woman who says Trump raped her is trying to get a sample of his DNA
Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll, who has accused President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s, are seeking a DNA sample.Notice was served to a Trump attorney Thursday requesting a sample for "analysis...
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Dispensed: What to expect out of biotech M&A, Medicare Advantage enrollment...
Hello,Welcome to the Valentine's Day edition of Dispensed, Business Insider's weekly healthcare newsletter. Consider this my Valentine to you. I'll try to resist making any health-related poems. Are...
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From mammoth teeth, scientists just pulled DNA that's more than 1 million...
Summary List PlacementMore than 1 million years ago, mammoths traversed an ice-covered Siberia. The teeth and tusks they left behind were preserved in the region's permanently frozen ground.Researchers...
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The black-footed ferret was believed extinct until 18 were discovered on a...
Summary List PlacementScientists successfully cloned a black-footed ferret using DNA of a frozen relative that died in 1988 for the first time in US history.Elizabeth Ann was born on 10 December and is...
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Inside the White House meeting where Joe Biden laid out his plan to work on...
Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden has jump-started efforts to bolster research on cancer treatments and cures, picking up from where he left off as Barack Obama's vice president.The issue has...
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China is scooping up DNA data to target foreign spies — and you, the US...
Summary List PlacementIn February, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) released an unclassified version of its report on Chinese intelligence efforts against US citizens.The...
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New technology could identify thousands of unknown US soldiers who died in...
Summary List PlacementWhen a soldier dies in war, their remains can be a last consolation for a grieving family, though some families don't even get that.The remains of some 6,000 soldiers who died in...
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