Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genome sequencing is the process of reading an organism’s entire genetic code. In humans, that’s about 3 billion chemical “letters ...

A new online course from Cornell University is giving students a hands-on way to learn genomic data science — by working ...

A Cal State Northridge anthropologist and an international team of researchers have found that a lack of genetic diversity among the last Neanderthals in Europe may have contributed to their ...

23andMe has filed for bankruptcy as is seeking buyers. Here's what could happen to the company's DNA database, one of the ...

PlexusDx launches the first dedicated at-home genetic test for peptide biology, covering 14 pathways, 49 peptides, and ...

A University of Iowa legal scholar who’s an expert on genetic privacy says the thousands of Iowans who used the genetic testing company 23andMe may have dodged a bullet with its recent bankruptcy, but ...

Short tandem repeat profiling of bathwater showed that DNA quantity jumps sharply after a person is immersed in the water for ...

Scientists are finding ways to merge biology with electronics, unlocking new possibilities for data storage and computing.

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Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has joined a coalition of 28 attorneys general in filing a federal lawsuit aimed at stopping genetic testing company 23andMe from selling the private DNA ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James argued 23andMe "cannot auction 15 million customers’ highly sensitive personal genetic information without their consent or knowledge." 23andMe says the lawsuit ...