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A collaboration between Google’s secretive life-extension spinoff and popular...
Genetics testing company 23andMe made headlines last week when it announced it would share consumers' anonymized genetic data with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline.Companies like 23andMe frequently...
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DNA-testing companies like 23andMe sell your genetic data to drugmakers and...
DNA-testing company 23andMe made headlines last week when it announced that it would share consumers' anonymized genetic data with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline as part of a $300-million...
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Do babies born between two cousins actually have a higher chance of having birth defects? Understanding basic genetic principles will help with this question. Following is a transcript of the...
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Akouos, a biotech startup that's trying to tackle a $750 billion global...
Boston-based biotech startup Akouos is the first of its kind to use a precision medicine approach to hearing loss. The company announced $50 million in Series A funding on Tuesday.The funding will help...
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A DNA site helped a man find his birth mother after he was left in a phone...
Arizona resident Steve Dennis was left in a phone booth 64 years ago.After doing an online ancestry DNA test, Dennis found his birth mother, according to the Lancaster Eagle Gazette.Dennis plans to...
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What causes human bodies to age? Here’s what scientists know about the...
Everything grows old. As you age, you may notice an extra wrinkle on your forehead or lower energy levels. To find out what's going on inside our bodies that causes these age-related changes and...
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This 9/11 first responder had his family’s DNA tattooed into his skin so that...
Johnny Walker was working for the NYPD on September 11, 2001. Today, he has stage 4 colon cancer. Scientists studying 9/11 survivors say they have higher rates of many kinds of cancer, including...
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I took the $99 AncestryDNA genetic test — here's what the process is like and...
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.If you're thinking of taking a genetic...
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Suspected serial 'NorCal rapist' arrested in California thanks to a DNA match...
Roy Charles Waller, 58, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly carrying out 10 sexual assaults in Northern California from 1991 to 2006.Investigators identified Waller by uploading the suspect's DNA...
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A DNA test offered by Albertsons claims to tell you which antidepressant is...
Several companies make DNA tests that claim to tell you how well you'll respond to certain antidepressants based on your genetic profile.Two personalized medicine companies — Assurex and Genomind —...
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Elizabeth Warren releases DNA test 'strongly' supporting claims of Native...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, on Monday released the findings of a DNA test that a researcher said "strongly support" her claims of Native American ancestry.President Donald Trump...
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Trump slams Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage story as 'fraud...
Donald Trump slammed Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for claiming Native American heritage, saying she defrauded the public by pretending to belong to another ethnicity. On Monday, Warren...
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23andMe opened a fake house in NYC where you can meet your genes — take a...
It's been three years since 23andMe, a consumer genetics company, relaunched a new test that passed the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration and told you everything from how much DNA you share...
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Native American geneticists explain what Elizabeth Warren's DNA test really...
Geneticists Krystal Tsosie and Matthew Anderson share their thoughts on Senator Elizabeth Warren's recent DNA test, which she claims proves her Native American ancestry.Since Senator Warren's DNA was...
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DNA editing on-the-cheap is the promise of Synthego, which just raised $110...
Synthego, a Silicon Valley genome-engineering startup founded by former SpaceX engineers, sells ready-to-use kits that let people experiment with the cutting-edge gene-editing tool Crispr.On Tuesday,...
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Regulators just gave DNA-testing startup 23andMe the go-ahead to offer a...
Anne Wojcicki, the CEO and founder of the genetics-testing startup 23andMe, said a few weeks ago that she hoped the company would add a new health offering that looked at how customers processed...
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Google's life-extension spinoff teamed up with Ancestry to study 54 million...
Genealogy and DNA site Ancestry once partnered with Google's stealthy life-extension spinoff, a company called Calico, to study the genetics of longevity.The new study suggests that our genes play less...
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I shipped my spit to AncestryDNA to see how much I could learn from my genes...
I have to admit: I've become a genetics geek. Ever since I sent my first saliva sample to be analyzed by consumer-genetics company 23andMe, I've become obsessed with what I can find out from a sample...
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I tried National Geographic's next-generation ancestry test and was surprised...
By now, I should have a crystal-clear picture of my ancestry.Both 23andMe and AncestryDNA have done a good job of confirming my Scandinavian origins.So when I decided to try National Geographic's new...
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Some of the most popular DNA kits are on sale right for Black Friday at their...
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.By nature, Black Friday is a day that's...
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