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Melissa Highsmith, who family say was abducted in Fort Worth in 1971, located in South Carolina, more than 1,000 miles away

The genetic testing company was an afterthought before the pandemic. Can it leverage newfound riches for long-term success?

FORT WORTH, Texas — Raymond Turner was at work when he got a notification from 23andMe that his DNA test results were ready.

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23andMe (ME) saw its shares slump in price after it reported its fourth-quarter earnings results last month. However, given the company's multiple FDA authorizations for over-the-counter genetic health risk reports, would it be worth scooping up its shares now? Read on, let's find out.

Top long Covid symptoms reported by survey participants included brain fog, fatigue, and shortness of breath

Most people have at least a vague sense that someone somewhere is doing mischief with the data footprints created by their online activities: Maybe their use of an app is allowing that company to build a profile of their habits, or maybe they keep getting followed by creepy ads.

Exclusive: HFEA says rise of genetic testing websites may soon make it impossible to conceal identities

At the moment, far too many true crime documentaries function as little more than an episode of “Dateline.” They report information but lack analysis or even thoughtful ideas about how to use the medium of film to tell a story at once shocking and infuriating. Such is the case with…

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the total entropy of a system – the amount of disorder – only ever increases. In other words, the amount of order only ever decreases.

Scientists believe Africa is where modern humans first emerged. For the past decade, our team of genetic researchers from the Henn Lab have worked among the Khoe-San and self-identified “Coloured” communities in South Africa, which comprise multiple ethnic groups in the region, requesting DNA and generating genetic data to help…