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Oct 07, 2019

Appeals Court Upholds Unpatentability of 23andMe IP

23andMe had sued Ancestry.com for, among other things, infringing a patent related to a method for determining the degree to which two people in a database are related.

Jun 25, 2019

New Privacy Coalition

Three genetic testing companies form a coalition to influence how Congress considers genetic privacy, The Hill reports.

Jun 07, 2019

NatGeo Discontinues Genographic Ancestry Kit Sales, Will Shutter Service by End of 2020

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NatGeo will continue to conduct research using its database, which includes data on roughly a million individuals.

May 28, 2019

MyHeritage Moves Into Health with New Genetic Testing Offering, Underscoring Industry Trend

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The Israeli online genealogy company recently expanded its ancestry genetic testing offering to include health information.

May 02, 2019

Controversial Ancestry Ad Reignites Discussion About Minorities and Consumer Genomics

Consumer genomics companies have endeavored to reach out to minority communities with sometimes contentious results.

Feb 26, 2019

Family Secrets Unburied

 At-home genetic tests can uncover family secrets and lead those who uncover them to seek out support groups, the Boston Globe reports.

Feb 08, 2019

Genetic Genealogy Firms Reassure Clients About Data Privacy After FTDNA Divulges FBI Partnership

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The revelation that Family Tree DNA has been working with law enforcement has some worried about a negative impact on the industry.

Jan 22, 2019

Similar, But Not Quite the Same

Identical twins receive different estimates of ancestry from the same direct-to-consumer genetic testing firms, CBC reports.

Jan 10, 2019

Consumer Genomics Poised for Growth in 2019 as Providers Diversify Offerings

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With ever more data in hand, providers are seeking to enhance their services, providing more detailed ancestry estimates while introducing new offerings around genetic traits and health.

Nov 07, 2018

Choices, Not Genes

A new study finds a limited influence of genetics on human longevity, Stat News reports.

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Genes at the Mall Near You?

23andMe has a holiday popup shop at a mall and could open additional stores, Bloomberg reports.

Koalas' Retroviral Response

By studying koalas and a retrovirus that infects them, researchers may have uncovered a new sort of 'immune response' that occurs at the genomic level, Agence France Presse reports.

Bound for Home

NPR reports that the first person in the US given a gene editing-based therapy for a genetic disorder is heading home.

Science Paper Peers into Ancient Social Inequality Within Households

In Science this week: ancient genomes reveal social inequality within individual households, new method for quantifying genetic variation in gene dosage, and more.

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