Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, involves obtaining DNA from a sample of cells in your body to identify specific genes, chromosomes, or proteins, including those that are faulty (known as ...

The popularity of for-profit genetic testing services like Ancestry and 23andMe has skyrocketed in recent years. These tests can teach users more about their ancestry or health. But they can also ...

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DNA-testing company 23andMe and its co-founder, Anne Wojcicki, aimed to revolutionize healthcare, bringing genetic tests into homes with just a tube of spit. WSJ takes a look at factors that ...

Its core product, an at-home DNA testing kit, offers “personalized genetic insights” that the company says can flag potential health risks such as one’s likelihood of developing Alzheimers ...

Genetic diversity is a crucial indicator for the conservation of germplasm resources. Studies have revealed that the Huang-Huai goat, along with several other local breeds such as the Funiu white goat ...

This genetic reunion, occurring roughly 300,000 years ago, resulted in one group contributing 80% of modern human DNA, while the other provided the remaining 20%. These findings suggest human ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis ...

It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argues Sui Huang from the Institute for Systems Biology, U.S., and colleagues in an essay published in ...

Some of the genes from Population B, "particularly those related to brain function and neural processing, may have played a crucial role in human evolution," study co-author Trevor Cousins, a ...