Home genetic test maker 23andMe, which is backed by Google Inc, stopped marketing its products last week after the U.S.…
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Negative BRCA gene test doesn’t always mean lower breast cancer risk
Testing negative for the BRCA2 gene mutation doesn’t necessarily mean a women isn’t still at high risk for developing breast…
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You’re older than you think. DNA from an unnamed African-American from South Carolina is so distinctive that it led scientists…
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Infant’s mysterious death reveals rare genetic disease
After the death of a newborn boy and his father’s subsequent illness, researchers used genomic analysis to reveal a previously…
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In most cases of Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it’s not known what caused the condition, but…
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How long you sleep may be in your genes
The amount of time people spend sleeping is linked with two regions of their DNA, a new study suggests. In…
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