DNA Testing 71 Stories

DNA testing has exploded in popularity as gene sequencing costs have fallen, enabling a range of new uses from genealogy searches to the use of DNA profiling to track down criminal suspects.

Screen capture of Edward Smart in FamilyTree DNA promotional video

Biotechnology

Help us catch killers is now the new advertising angle for DNA companies

2019-03-27T12:50:04-04:00

Biotechnology

The UK’s health minister accidentally revealed everything wrong with polygenic risk scores

by Antonio Regalado
2019-03-21T11:48:13-04:00

Jack the Ripper

Biotechnology

Did DNA finger Jack the Ripper? Probably not, but old objects are ready to reveal their secrets

by Antonio Regalado
2019-03-19T16:49:00-04:00

Biotechnology

How US experts helped China build a DNA surveillance state

by Antonio Regalado
2019-02-21T14:53:41-05:00

Biotechnology

In China, some parents seek an edge with genetic testing for tots

Questionable DNA “talent” tests find a market in up-and-coming Shenzhen.

by Michael Standaert
2019-02-19T07:00:00-05:00

Biotechnology

More than 26 million people have taken an at-home ancestry test

The genetic genie is out of the bottle. And it’s not going back.

by Antonio Regalado
2019-02-11T10:36:00-05:00

Biotechnology

All the reasons 2018 was a breakout year for DNA data

Gene information on millions of people is revolutionizing how we predict disease, catch criminals, and find new drugs.

by Antonio Regalado
2018-12-29T06:59:00-05:00

Business Impact

The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending November 10, 2018)

This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.

by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
2018-11-10T08:00:00-05:00

Illustration of labeled chromosome

Biotechnology

Genes I wish they would find

Enough with the useless genes. Here are some that would actually come in handy.

by Sarah Cooper
2018-10-23T05:05:00-04:00

Biotechnology

Look how far precision medicine has come

Skeptics say drugs based on genetic insights have underdelivered. But look carefully and they’re everywhere.

by Antonio Regalado
2018-10-23T05:00:00-04:00

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