Family intrigue led Larry Guernsey to buy his wife a DNA test kit for the holidays. "She’s always been interested in genealogy," Guernsey said. The $99 AncestryDNA test uses a saliva sample to unlock ...
I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn’t ...
Turmoil at 23andMe, a company offering popular at-home DNA testing, has upset the industry. Following the resignation of every independent member of the company’s board of directors, its chief ...
Biotech company 23andMe was once hailed as one of the most successful businesses selling DNA analysis services to anybody who could afford one of its saliva test kits. But 18 years after it was ...
The genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, prompting people who’ve used the service and sent in DNA samples to be analyzed to wonder what will happen to their genetic data. The ...
Low-angle view of logo on facade of personal genomics company 23AndMe in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Amid ...
Once a promising company briefly valued at $6 billion, 23andMe popularized at-home DNA test kits and spawned a cottage industry of ancestry hunters and true crime sleuths. But the company could not ...
A family member’s mail-in DNA test led law enforcement to arrest Joseph James DeAngelo, the infamous Golden State Killer who terrorized parts of California through the 1970s and 1980s, The Sacramento ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anisha Sircar is a journalist covering tech, finance and society. DNA-testing pioneer 23andMe faced a reckoning on Sunday — and a ...