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Apple's employee wellness program includes free DNA tests through Color, which can scan for things like cancer and heart disease.

Apple’s Employee “Wellness” Program Includes Free DNA Tests

By Dan Robitzski

GEDMatch, the DNA ancestry company that famously helped police track down a serial killer, just got bought by a genetic forensics firm.

Tech Firm That Develops Tools for Police Buys Massive DNA Database

By Dan Robitzski

23Mofang, a Chinese DNA test startup offering similar reports to 23andMe, makes scientifically-questionable claims in its results, raising privacy concerns.

Chinese 23andMe Knockoff Gives Different Results From 23andMe

By Dan Robitzski

An American biotech firm claims it can slow or reverse human aging through gene-hacking, but the entire premise is scientificially questionable.

Gene-Hacking Company Says It Can Slow Your Aging for $1 Million

By Dan Robitzski

A wave of questionable startups claim they can test your DNA and make complicated predictions about your personality and health. Experts say it's hogwash.

“Like Horoscope Readings!”: The Scammy World of DNA Test Startups

By Dan Robitzski

A bioethicist argues that making gene-hacked designer babies is not only possible but ethically responsible, if it means eradicated diseases.

Bioethicist Argues That We Need a CRISPR Baby Industry ASAP

By Dan Robitzski

A company called Genomic Prediction offers report cards based on the DNA test of frozen embryos. Experts say it's reminiscent of eugenics.

DNA Test Startup Claims It Can Spot Embryos With Low Intelligence

By Dan Robitzski

U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock envisions a future where every child born in the country gets a genome sequence to scan for rare diseases.

UK Plans to Give All Children Full Genome Sequence at Birth

By Dan Robitzski

An app claiming to use DNA tests to determine whether someone's gay is under fire by the scientists who actually conducted the research it's based on.

Scientists Call For Removal of App Claiming to Detect Gay DNA

By Dan Robitzski

An app literally called "How Gay Are You" uses incredibly questionable science to predict whether people are homosexual based on their DNA test results.

This Startup Says It Can Analyze Your DNA to Detect if You’re Gay

By Dan Robitzski

That Chardonnay in your glass comes from wine grapes which carry a fascinating genetic quirk. Researchers at the University of California...

Science & Energy

Scientists Sequence Genomes of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon

A massive international study debunked the long-standing myth of a so-called "gay gene." The genetic links to sexual orientation are far more complex.

Huge Study Conclusively Debunks the “Gay Gene” Myth

By Dan Robitzski

A third CRISPR baby was expected to be due in late June or early July, but the Chinese government is keeping quiet about the gene-hacking controversy.

We May Never Know When That Third CRISPR Baby Is Born

By Dan Robitzski

Harvard geneticist George Church explains why he built a database of protective and harmful gene variations, and predicts how it could improve medicine.

Prosthetics and Devices

George Church Told Us Why He’s Listing Superhuman Gene Hacks

By Dan Robitzski

Harvard geneticist George Church has assembled a database of genetic mutations that could give people superhuman-like capabilities or medical benefits.

This Harvard Prof Is Listing Genes That Could Make You Superhuman

By Dan Robitzski

New research found grapes used in modern winemaking related closely 28 archaeological grape seeds dating to the Iron Age, Roman era and medieval period.

Science & Energy

Wine Grapes Haven’t Changed Much Genetically Since Ancient Rome

Engineers built a new tool that matches DNA samples to specific faces from a database that could be linked to the specific genes found in the sample.

Facial recognition

Terrifying AI Matches DNA to Facial Recognition Databases

By Dan Robitzski

A new biomedical technique lets scientists gene-hack an animal with CRISPR in vivo instead of having to remove and re-inject their cells.

Health & Medicine

Harvard Just Gene-Hacked Stem Cells Inside a Living Organism

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. lawmakers proposed an amendment to federal patent law that would let biotech and pharma companies patent human genes.

New Law Would Let Corporations Patent Human Genes

By Dan Robitzski

An anaconda gave birth via parthenogenesis, where it produced offspring without mating. Now, scientists confirm that the offspring are genetic replicas.

The Science Behind an Anaconda’s “Virgin Birth”

By Dan Robitzski

As we move closer to colonizing Mars, one evolutionary biologist wonders: how will humans evolve to cope with life on the Red Planet?

Evolutionary Biologist: Mars Colonists Will Mutate Really Fast

By Natalie Coleman

We could mourn Grumpy Cat. Or we could embrace the latest in genetic technology and clone her, like Barbra Streisand's dogs.

Health & Medicine

Grumpy Cat Is Dead. We Have the Technology to Clone Her.

By Jon Christian

Cambridge biologists recreated a bacterial genome from scratch, breeding E. coli with the artificial genetic code instead of natural DNA.

Scientists Created This Organism’s DNA From Scratch

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Homeland Security is going to start DNA testing people who cross into the U.S. seeking asylum next week.

Homeland Security Will DNA Test People Seeking Asylum

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are using CRISPR technology to develop new model organisms. But actually keeping the gene-hacked critters alive comes with new challenges.

Scientists Are Having Trouble Keeping Gene-Hacked Creatures Alive

By Dan Robitzski

After conducting an internal investigation into three professors who knew about He Jiankui's CRISPR baby research, Stanford let its faculty off the hook.

Prosthetics and Devices

Stanford Declines to Punish Faculty For CRISPR Babies

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese scientists figured out that they could enhance a monkey's intelligence by introducing a single human gene linked to brain development.

Neuroscience and Brain

Chinese Scientists Gene-Hacked Super Smart Human-Monkey Hybrids

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists used CRISPR to gene-edit lizards, uncovering techniques that could lead to new medical treatments for humans.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Lizards to Make Them Albino

By Dan Robitzski

A new genetic trick allowed researchers to use bacteria to manufacture super-strong spider silk faster than spiders do themselves.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Bacteria to Make Bullet-Proof Spider Silk

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists built a handheld device that uses CRISPR genetic tools and graphene transistors to screen for the mutations behind muscular dystrophy.

Health & Medicine

Handheld CRISPR Device Diagnoses Genetic Disease in 15 Minutes

By Dan Robitzski

A panel of scientists just recommended to the Japanese government that CRISPR-edited foods should be declared safe to eat.

Japan Poised to Declare CRISPR-Edited Foods Safe to Eat

By Dan Robitzski

With CRISPR gene editing, scientists hope to be able to create human-pig hybrids that will let us grow and harvest life-saving human organs.

Health & Medicine

This Guy Is Trying to Grow Organs in Pig-Human Hybrids

By Dan Robitzski

Facing stricter restrictions on their gene-editing research from the FDA, some scientists are packing up their labs and leaving the U.S.

Scientists Are Fleeing America’s Rules About Gene-Editing Animals

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time outside of China, a clinic is using CRISPR gene editing techniques to treat someone in a clinical trial.

Health & Medicine

Western Biotech Firm Treats First Patient With CRISPR

By Dan Robitzski

When news broke of He Jiankui's infamous gene editing research, an academic journal published his ethical guidelines. Now the article has been retracted.

Journal Retracts Ethics Article by Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that the specific genetic edits performed on now-living humans by Chinese scientist He Jiankui could have broader-than-expected impacts.

Scientist Who Gene-Hacked Babies “Likely” Boosted Their Brainpower

By Dan Robitzski

Stanford University is currently investigating three scientists who either knew about or were involved in He Jiankui's infamous CRISPR baby research.

Stanford Probes Faculty Who Knew About Gene-Hacked Chinese Babies

By Dan Robitzski

Family Tree DNA, recently celebrated as the most privacy-minded consumer genetic testing company, is now granting database access to the FBI.

This DNA Testing Company Gave Its Data to the FBI

By Dan Robitzski

Board certified genetic counselor Rachelle Chambers says that 23andMe's new test for colon cancer could do some good, but professionals would do better.

We Asked a Genetic Counselor About 23andMe’s New Cancer Test

By Dan Robitzski

The human mutation rate has slowed down significantly over the past million years or so, according to new research, raising new questions.

Human Mutation Is Slowing Down

By Jon Christian

According to a Stanford doctor who knows He Jiankui personally, the woman carrying the second gene-edited fetus should be 12-14 weeks pregnant by now.

Health & Medicine

Next Gene-Edited Baby Due in Six Months, Scientist Says

By Dan Robitzski

Robin Lovell-Badge, the geneticist who recently said the infamous geneticist He Jiankui may face the death penalty, now dials back his speculations.

Prosthetics and Devices

Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies Rejects Death Penalty Rumor

By Dan Robitzski

Biotech company Bluebird Bio Inc. wants to sell its genetic replacement therapy for beta thalessemia over a five-year subscription model.

Health & Medicine

Biotech Firm to Launch Pay-As-You-Go Gene Therapy

By Dan Robitzski

Ball and chain.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientist Who Gene Edited Babies Is Being Held By Mysterious Guards

By Dan Robitzski

Last Friday, 75 coast redwood saplings found their new home in San Francisco's Presidio national park. All of them are clones of ancient redwood stumps.

Scientists Planted Clones of Ancient Super-Tall Redwoods

By Dan Robitzski

Those CRISPR Baby Experiments Were Just Banned By The Chinese Government

Health & Medicine

Those CRISPR Baby Experiments Were Just Banned By The Chinese Government

By Dan Robitzski

Upon hearing the news that a child with a CRISPR-altered genome was born a few weeks ago, genetics researchers around the world condemned the experiment.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Around the World Condemn That CRISPR Baby Experiment

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene-editing clinical trial, still shrouded in secrecy and surrounded by questions, allegedly resulted in living people with boosted HIV resistance.

Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Claim to Have Gene-Edited Human Babies For the First Time

By Dan Robitzski

A researcher has developed an algorithm that produces a person's polygenic risk score, risk of developing various health conditions, based on their genome.

Health & Medicine

A $50 Genetic Test Can Tell How Likely You Are to Have a Heart Attack

By Kristin Houser

By Turning Down 23andMe, Immigration Activists Are Actually Being Responsible About Genetic Privacy

By Turning Down 23andMe, Immigration Activists Are Actually Being Responsible About Genetic Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’

Lab-Grown Neanderthal Minibrains Reveal How They’re Different From Humans’

By Dan Robitzski

New Gene Therapy Could Stitch Together Damaged Spinal Cords

Neuroscience and Brain

New Gene Therapy Could Stitch Together Damaged Spinal Cords

By Dan Robitzski

Genetic Analysis Helped The AP Catch Sketchy Fisheries

Genetic Analysis Helped The AP Catch Sketchy Fisheries

By Dan Robitzski

Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemo Thanks To New Genetic Insight

Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemo Thanks To New Genetic Insight

By Dan Robitzski

These NIH Experts Don’t Think Info From Genetic Databases Should Be Used in Court

These NIH Experts Don’t Think Info From Genetic Databases Should Be Used in Court

Gene-Editing Technology Is About To Affect Your Shopping Cart

Gene-Editing Technology Is About To Affect Your Shopping Cart

By Dan Robitzski

Encrypted Genomic Data Means People Can Participate in Research Without Sacrificing Privacy

Encrypted Genomic Data Means People Can Participate in Research Without Sacrificing Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

Some Genetic Tests Apparently Can’t Tell If You’re Dog Or Human

Health & Medicine

Some Genetic Tests Apparently Can’t Tell If You’re Dog Or Human

By Claudia Geib

A Genealogy Website Led to a Suspected Killer’s Arrest. Here’s What We Know.

A Genealogy Website Led to a Suspected Killer’s Arrest. Here’s What We Know.

By Sarah Marquart

Home Genetic Tests Could Be Giving You False Results

Health & Medicine

Home Genetic Tests Could Be Giving You False Results

By Claudia Geib

3 Reasons Why It’s a Good Idea to Resurrect a Species

Science & Energy

3 Reasons Why It’s a Good Idea to Resurrect a Species

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Health & Medicine

“Genetic Report Cards” Will Be the Future of Predicting Disease Risk

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Sorry, DNA-Based Diets Don’t Work

Researchers Have Developed a Potential Blood Test for Autism

Health & Medicine

Researchers Have Developed a Potential Blood Test for Autism

By Chelsea Gohd