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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.

Sunday’s announcement clears the way for a new...

In a long-standing lawsuit, the ACLU, on behalf of partner organizations and an individual taxpayer, is challenging the state of California for its retention of genetic samples and profiles from people arrested but never convicted of a felony.  

The complaint...

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A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family...

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By Liyan Qi and Jonathan Cheng, The Wall Street Journal | 03.26.2025

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Chinese scientist He Jiankui set off global outrage and landed in prison after...

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By Carsten T. Charlesworth, Henry T. Greely, and Hiromitsu Nakauchi, MIT Technology Review | 03.25.2025

Why do we hear about medical breakthroughs in mice, but rarely see them translate into cures for human disease? Why...

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By Anna Louie Sussman, The New York Times | 03.25.2025

On June 24, 2022, the same day the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization...

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By Jason Green, The Mercury News | 03.24.2025

With genetic testing company 23andMe facing an increasingly uncertain future, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday reminded customers...

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By Natalie Richardson, PET | 03.24.2025

The Fertility Treatment and Contraceptive Protection Act passed unanimously in the Tennessee Senate and aims to protect access to IVF...

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By Staff, The Medicine Maker | 03.21.2025

"The Promise and Peril of CRISPR" cover by Johns Hopkins University Press

As a paediatrician taking care of children with...

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By Michael Gibney, PharmaVoice | 03.20.2025

The death this week of a teenager receiving Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy Elevidys for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a tragic...

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By Frank Landymore, Futurism | 03.18.2025

You can only throw so much money at a problem.

This, more or less, is the line being taken by...