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Autism risk genes are shared across human ancestries, large genome study reveals

A massive new genetic analysis reveals that the biological traits underlying autism risk are the same across people of ...

Who do you think you are? What DNA tests reveal—and what they don't

For more than 40 years, the Golden State Killer haunted California. A serial rapist and murderer active in the 1970s and '80s, he eluded detectives for decades. By 2018, hope of identifying him was ...
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A million veterans gave DNA to aid health research. Scientists worry the data will be wasted.

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 ...
Hawaii News Now

DNA company policy changes could affect cold case crime solving

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...
The Conversation

With 23andMe filing for bankruptcy, what happens to consumers’ genetic data?

Julia Creet receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada and previously from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The ...
Iowa Public Radio

How genetic genealogy might help investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case

Investigators in Arizona are hoping that DNA found in and around Nancy Guthrie's house in Tucson could lead them to a suspect — and the missing woman. Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show ...