Summer McKesson’s quest for answers to her medical condition would unearth a family secret – and a doctor’s decades-old ...

RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) -- DNA testing can be a fun way to unlock the mysteries of your family history, but you should also think about potential pitfalls. Tisha Powell and I decided to embark ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe laid off 100 employees on Jan. 23 due to decreasing sales of its direct-to-consumer DNA test kits, CNBC reports. The layoffs, which affect about 14 percent of the ...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has joined a lawsuit filed by 27 states and the District of Columbia to prevent 23andMe, a popular DNA testing company that helps determine ancestry ...

23andMe was once a high-flying biotech firm. It collected a trove of DNA data on millions of its customers, and then it went bust. The fate of that data has been at the center of a legal battle over ...

When we first wrote this article, it compared 23andMe and Ancestry. Since then, 23andMe has experienced a data breach, a subsequent lawsuit, board members' resignations and layoffs amidst financial ...

New York and other states filed a lawsuit seeking to block 23andMe, the bankrupt genetic testing firm, from selling millions of Americans' genetic data to the highest bidder. A total of 28 state ...

How to have your test sample destroyed: When you submit your test to 23andMe’s third-party lab, unless you consent to have it stored (or “biobanked”), your saliva sample and DNA will be destroyed ...

Remember 23andMe? The company that gave customers saliva-based DNA testing kits to learn about their ancestry? Founded in 2006, the company also conducted health research and drug development. But it ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a severe warning to DIY DNA testing firm 23andMe, telling the company to stop advertising its at-home genetic testing kit that the feds say is misleading, ...