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New research suggests that DNA sequences historically considered to be "junk" have had an overlooked role in gene expression this whole time.
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By Frank Landymore

A group of scientists in the United Kingdom are making synthetic human DNA from scratch in a world's first.
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By Sharon Adarlo

Each can comes secured in a "lab-sealed specimen jar," containing Ozzy's signature, and of course, a sample of his spit.
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By Joe Wilkins

The consumer-genomics company 23andMe just sold its biobank of customer genetic data to drugmaker Regeneron for $256 million.
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By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In the year since its hack, 23andMe has lost all of its value and most of its governing board — and somehow, things just keep getting worse.
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By Noor Al-Sibai

23andMe is on the brink of bankruptcy. Legal scholars are concerned about the possible data privacy implications.
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By Victor Tangermann

The DNA computer can play a pared down version of chess and can potentially store data for thousands of years.
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By Frank Landymore

To combat growing extinction threats, scientists are proposing an out-of-this-world concept — keeping at-risk cells on the Moon.
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By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have found that mutations of the gene SMIM1 have a significant link to obesity and extra weight gain.
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By Sharon Adarlo

An at-home DNA testing kit for dogs claimed that human saliva returned various dog breed results on two separate occasions.
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By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have created a gene-edited cow that produces human insulin in her milk in Brazil.
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By Victor Tangermann

For decades, most people have believed that genes are the blueprint for life — but that perception, a pair of experts argue, falls short.
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By Noor Al-Sibai

A DNA test has confirmed the biological age of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian orphan who has a rare genetic dwarfism condition.
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By Victor Tangermann

Physics professor Kenneth Ohm has an unusual reason for having his DNA delivered to the Moon's south pole during an upcoming Celestis mission.
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By Victor Tangermann

The consumer DNA kit company 23andMe has acknowledged that hackers had gained access to user accounts, but we have lots of questions.
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By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have created a glass that uses DNA as its skeleton that far outclasses steel in strength and weight — at the nano-scale, at least.
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By Frank Landymore