Ancestry DNA offers an in-depth breakdown of family trees and lineage, while 23andMe is better if you want to know about your ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A blank-check firm, backed by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, is taking consumer DNA-testing firm 23andMe public in ...

Specific genes appear to influence whether people try cannabis and their susceptibility to cannabis addiction. View on ...