Shakespeare’s entire catalog of sonnets and eight of his tragedies, all of Wikipedia’s English-language pages, and one of the first movies ever made: scientists have been able to fit the contents of ...

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Last month, Chenedy Wiles finally got around to it. The 27-year-old traveling nurse spit into a tube and mailed it to 23andMe, where the genetic testing company’s lab examined her DNA and generated a ...

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The bankruptcy of 23andMe is raising concerns about the future of its DNA information. Once a pioneer in the genetic testing industry, the company faced backlash after hackers leaked user data in 2023 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -With 23andMe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy, confusion over what to do with sensitive DNA data is in the air. “We don’t know who might win the bid to buy the company because they’re in ...