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A research team says that for the first time in history, it's successfully treated Huntington's disease, a devastating, inherited disorder.

In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Successfully Treat Devastating Brain Disease Huntington’s for the First Time

By Victor Tangermann

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

Scientists Find Secret Code in Human DNA

By Frank Landymore

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

Scientists Playing God are Building Human DNA From the Ground Up

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.

You Can Now Buy a Sample of Ozzy Osbourne’s DNA in Twelve Easy Payments

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

Bankrupt 23andMe Just Sold Off All Your DNA Data

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.

As 23andMe Crumbles, It Ceases All Efforts to Develop Drugs Using DNA Data

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

As 23andMe Slides Into Bankruptcy, Your DNA Hangs in the Balance

By Victor Tangermann

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

Scientists Build Computer From DNA That Can Solve Chess Problems

By Frank Landymore

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

Scientists Propose Fortress of Earth’s DNA Samples Housed on the Moon in Case of Apocalypse

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

Scientists Discover Gene That Causes You to Gain More Weight From the Same Food

By Sharon Adarlo

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

Dog DNA Company Insists Human DNA Is Actually Alaskan Malamute

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

Cow Hacked With Human DNA Produces Milk Containing High Levels of Human Insulin

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.

Genes Aren’t Actually the Blueprint of Life, Experts Say

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.

Adopted Child Accused of Secretly Being an Adult Takes DNA Test to Prove Age

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.

Man Sending His DNA to the Moon So Aliens Can Clone Him and Put Him in a Zoo

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.

Hackers Selling Stolen Customer DNA Data From 23AndMe

By Noor Al-Sibai