For most DNA testing companies, the best way to protect your data is to not hand it over in the first place. In 2017, Dr. Hazel’s team studied 90 DNA testing companies and found most of their ...

Customers of the genetic testing company 23andMe have until July 14 to file a claim as part of a restructuring in its ...

If someone shared their DNA with 23andMe, experts say they should delete their data immediately and request the company to dispose of any genetic material samples. The Washington Post has ...

The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe's services won't be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge ...

The once-hot Silicon Valley startup has seen its stock’s value decline 99% and is struggling to survive. That has put the spotlight on the genetic data it has on 15 million people.

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 ...

How a DNA database's new policy is changing police access and could hinder solving cold cases. GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. By Emily Shapiro. May 22, 2019, 8:11 AM.

DNA holds significant promise as a data storage medium due to its density, longevity, and resource and energy conservation. These advantages arise from the inherent biomolecular structure of DNA which ...

Signing up for Ancestry.com's DNA test requires that you license your DNA data to them, and this data could potentially be shared by them with third parties. What's False Allowing Ancestry.com to ...

With a special coding technique, DNA data storage is 60% more efficient and is quite robust.

Data won't be stored as zeros and ones in a hard drive but in the base pairs that make up DNA: AT and CG. Such a data center would take the form of a lab, many times smaller than the ones today.

This recent data-to-DNA conversion, completed in July, totaled 200 megabytes—which would barely register on a 16-gigabyte iPhone. It’s not a huge amount of information, but it bested the ...