The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

UAB is leading a national study examining how personalized genetic risk information can improve prevention of chronic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scientist examines a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile on a screen. Photograph by Tek Image, Science Photo Library Shakespeare ...

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

The research, led by CSUN’s Helene Rougier, found that late Neanderthals descended from a single genetic lineage following a sharp population decline linked to a major ice age.

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 ...

Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation that would require police to collect DNA from people charged with — but not convicted of — crimes. This would happen without a warrant or due process of ...

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 ...

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

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 ...