Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

23andMe, born from the techno-optimism of the Human Genome Project, revolutionized direct-to-consumer genetic testing. But with its valuation now in freefall, mounting layoffs and its board resigning ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com ...

Millions of people's genetic data may be up for grabs soon. Has yours already been taken? 23andMe, the genetic testing company that had consumers sending in swabs of their saliva to discover their ...

On a special episode (first released on April 16, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: The recent bankruptcy of genetic testing firm 23andMe has raised alarm bells for privacy advocates and consumers worried ...

GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. A change to GEDmatch, a third-party genealogy site that's helped crack cold cases through user's DNA, may hinder law enforcement's ability to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anisha Sircar is a journalist covering tech, finance and society. UKRAINE - 2021/06/17: In this photo illustration, 23andMe logo ...

Cow D lived on a dairy farm in New Zealand. The animal looked like the typical black-and-white cow farmers raise for milk, except for one thing: Researchers had outfitted Cow D with an artificial ...

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23andMe’s database holds genetic information from 15 million customers worldwide. A proposed May 14 auction aims to sell 23andMe’s assets amid bankruptcy. Get access to the leaderboards pointing to ...

One of the world’s biggest genetic databases comprises DNA data donated over the years by more than a million retired military service members. It’s part of a project run by the Department of Veterans ...

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