Using DNA test results, this company makes customized vitamins specifically for you

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Based on the results of your own DNA test, Rootine will personalize a custom blend of vitimans that are tailored to meet your body's specific needs.

Using DNA Test Results, This Company Makes Customized Vitamins Specifically For You

Rootine gives you the vitamins your body needs, and nothing else.

"No one wants to wake up to learn the terms of use changed by press release."

A DNA testing company gave its data to the FBI

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

This DNA Testing Company Gave Its Data to the FBI

Do you want cops poking around your genetic data?

Four genetic tests that will unlock your DNA while respecting your privacy

These DNA testing companies can tell you a lot about your genetic history. But what's the best way to make sure your DNA info will stay private?

Four Genetic Tests That Will Unlock Your DNA While Respecting Your Privacy

Keep control of your chromosomes.

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SONG OF MY PEOPLE Family tree database Ancestry announced this weekend that it’s teaming up with music streaming service Spotify for an unusual offering. Provide the results of your AncestryDNA test, and Spotify will provide a “mix of music, inspired by your origins,” according to a press release. It’s a cute idea. But handing over your […]

Spotify Will Make a Playlist Based on Your DNA

This is a collaboration we could do without.

They really don't want to destroy your sample.

Think deleting your Facebook profile is hard? Try deleting your genomic data

Once shared with an at-home DNA testing company, your genomic data is, more or less, out of your hands.

Think Deleting Your Facebook Profile Is Hard? Try Deleting Your Genomic Data

You can’t un-spit into that test tube.

Think Deleting Your Facebook Profile Is Hard? Try Deleting Your Genomic Data.

This "DNA app store" may take advantage of consumers' scant knowledge of how genetics actually works.

DNA marketplace Helix will offer tests for serious diseases. 23andMe is about to get some serious competition.

A company called Helix is offering an "app store" style of genetic testing that may take advantage of consumers' scant knowledge of how DNA works.

DNA Marketplace Helix Will Offer Tests For Serious Diseases. 23andMe Is About to Get Some Serious Competition.

With Helix's business model, they don't have to get new customers if the same ones keep buying new tests. 

The country already has nationalized healthcare. Soon all citizens will get free health advice based on their genetics, too.

Estonia to offer free genetic testing, and other nations may follow

The nation of Estonia is establishing a program that provides both free genetic testing and health advice to all citizens based on their results.

Estonia To Offer Free Genetic Testing, And Other Nations May Follow

100,000 Estonians are participating in the first run of the new system. 

40 percent of the tests researchers re-analyzed had given consumers the wrong information.

Home genetics tests could be giving you false results

A recent examination of raw genetic testing data found that at-home genetic tests were delivering false positives to patients in 40 percent of cases.

Home Genetic Tests Could Be Giving You False Results

If you're looking to at-home genetic testing to discover "who you are," you may be destined for disappointment.

First of all, there's no proof that human pheromones are even real.

Finding dates via DNA is scientifically questionable — and overall a bad idea

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A new app promises to help you find potential mates with compatible DNA. Yet there's little evidence DNA has anything to do with compatibility.

Finding Dates via DNA Is Scientifically Questionable — and Overall a Bad Idea

For those looking for that special someone, a new dating app replaces swiping with swabbing.

It can’t screen for all risk factors, but it’s a start.

23andMe cleared to sell genetic tests for cancer risk

The FDA just approved 23andMe's at-home DNA testing kit designed to help determine a person's risk of developing breast, ovarian, or prostate cancer.

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Using DNA Test Results, This Company Makes Customized Vitamins Specifically For You

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This DNA Testing Company Gave Its Data to the FBI

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Four Genetic Tests That Will Unlock Your DNA While Respecting Your Privacy

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Spotify Will Make a Playlist Based on Your DNA

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Think Deleting Your Facebook Profile Is Hard? Try Deleting Your Genomic Data.

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DNA Marketplace Helix Will Offer Tests For Serious Diseases. 23andMe Is About to Get Some Serious Competition.

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Estonia To Offer Free Genetic Testing, And Other Nations May Follow

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Home Genetic Tests Could Be Giving You False Results

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Finding Dates via DNA Is Scientifically Questionable — and Overall a Bad Idea

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23andMe Cleared to Sell Genetic Tests for Cancer Risk

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