It's a timely illustration of how little control people have over their information once they take a DNA test.

A private equity firm just bought the largest consumer DNA database

Personal Data

The private equity firm Blackstone just purchased Ancestry as well as its massive databse of customers' genetic information.

A Private Equity Firm Just Bought the Largest Consumer DNA Database

Ancestry — and its trove of genetic data — just changed hands.

Finally, the way the story was originally meant to be told.

Scientists stored "The Wizard of Oz" on a strand of DNA

Ultralight Reading

Scientists have encoded film series The Wizard of Oz into a double strand of DNA. Learn more about this vastly improved storage technology.

Scientists Encoded The Wizard of Oz Into A Strand of DNA | Futurism

Somewhere, over the guanine…

Scientists Stored “The Wizard of Oz” on a Strand of DNA

It's easier than ever to take control of your health.

Spot medical problems before they begin with genetic health testing from 23andMe

Brands We Love

23andMe is more than just an ancestry test. It's a genetic health screening that can help you spot health problems before they begin.

Spot Medical Problems Before They Begin With Genetic Health Testing From 23andMe

23andme's Health + Ancestry Service will help you be the best advocate for your future health.

"The ability of the authorities to discover who is most intimately related to whom.. is going to have a chilling effect on society as a whole."

China is building a genetic database of every man in the country

Genealogical Surveillance

China has been taking blood samples from every man and boy in the country in order to build a vast genetic database of their DNA.

China Is Building a Genetic Database of Every Man in the Country

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/world/asia/China-DNA-surveillance.html">China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment</a> [The New York Times]

More on genetic surveillance: <a href="https://futurism.com/dna-testing-data-fbi">This DNA Testing Company Gave Its Data to the FBI</a>

Genetics

And an American company is selling China the equipment.

"...the DNA is just to improve immune response and make it mimic a viral infection as closely as possible to stimulate the most effective immune response."

Potential COVID-19 vaccine hacks your DNA to build immunity

Gene-hacked Immunity

Scientists are trying to develop an experimental DNA-based vaccine that would hijack your cells' DNA to create an immune response to COVID-19.

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Hacks Your DNA to Build Immunity

READ MORE: <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/news/university-waterloo-developing-dna-based-covid-19-vaccine">University of Waterloo developing DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine</a> [University of Waterloo]

More on coronavirus vaccines: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/interview-experimental-coronavirus-vaccine">We Talked to Someone Who Got the Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine</a>

Rx/Medicines

The idea is to trick your immune system into building up defenses against the coronavirus.

"The real goal is to map various traits to the broccoli genome. I measured almost everything I could think of — including biomass, head morphology, time to heading."

A researcher grew 97 kinds of broccoli and sequenced their DNA

Too Many Broccoli

A true mad scientist bred 97 different kinds of broccoli and mapped their DNA. The verdict? all of them were "delicious."

A Researcher Grew 97 Kinds of Broccoli and Sequenced Their DNA

Tag yourself, I'm the nightmare vegetable.

He want to inform people, not twist their arms.

Geneticist says his DNA dating app isn’t *really* eugenics

Eugenics Lite

Geneticist George Church created an FAQ for his in-development DNA dating app to address comparisons to the notorious eugenics movement.

Geneticist Says His DNA Dating App Isn’t *Really* Eugenics

"The point is to improve carefully vetted options rather than ideological coercion."

"We're not going to force people to opt in. If I try that, I know I'll undermine everything."

Tech firm that develops tools for police buys massive DNA database

Forensic Database

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

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/the-genealogy-website-that-helped-crack-the-golden-state">The Genealogy Website That Helped Crack The Golden State Killer Case Has Been Bought By A Forensic Genetics Firm</a> [Buzzfeed News]

More on DNA: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/police-dna-database">Police Are Collecting DNA From People Without Telling Them</a>

Verogen claims it will only give people's info to cops if they opt in.

"Just like real rabbits, our rabbit also carries its own blueprint."

This plastic bunny has DNA explaining how to make more bunnies

Buck Like Funnies

Scientists encoded instructions for creating a 3D-printed plastic bunny in DNA and then embedded the DNA right in the bunny itself.

This Plastic Bunny Has DNA Explaining How to Make More Bunnies

It could hold the key to solving the world's data storage problem.

It would weed out potential partners with whom you might have unhealthy children.

Famous geneticist's dating app would match users based on DNA

Swab and Swipe

Geneticist George Church is creating a DNA-based dating app that matches people based on their likelihood of not passing genetic diseases to offspring.

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