genetic genealogy

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.

Dec 07, 2018

Genealogy Data Helps Track Back Rare Disease Alleles to Quebec Founder Families

With genealogical data for 3.4 million individuals from Quebec, investigators traced a rare heart and digestive disease back to two 17th century founder families.

Nov 19, 2018

Shaken Identity

Genetic ancestry testing can affect a person's sense of identity, the New York Times Magazine writes.

Oct 11, 2018

Family Ties Can Compromise Genomic Data Privacy, New Studies Suggest

The two papers published today in Science and Cell have implications for both forensics and genetic research.

Sep 26, 2018

We'll Try the Radio

Spotify and Ancestry.com are collaborating to devise playlists based on customers' ancestry testing results, Quartz reports.

Aug 23, 2018

Genetic Genealogy-Based Arrest in Ramsey Street Rapist Case

Law enforcement officials have relied on genetic genealogy to make an arrest in a decade-old series of rapes, the Associated Press reports.

Jun 29, 2018

Choice of Identity

Sociologists report that people select what aspects of their genetic ancestry test results they incorporate into their sense of ethnic or racial identity.

Jun 15, 2018

Police, Genealogy, and Privacy

Bloomberg looks into privacy issues raised by law enforcement's use of genetic genealogy sites.

Jun 07, 2018

Limits for Use of Genealogy Databases in Criminal Investigations Must be Legislated, Experts Say

After the arrest of the Golden State Killer, ethicists say the government must delineate acceptable limits for future uses of public DNA databases.

Jun 04, 2018

More and More Considering Genetic Testing

NPR conducted a poll that asked people in the US about genetic testing to find that about a third have considered it.

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To Track Cholera

Nature calls for genomics to become part of the World Health Organization's cholera surveillance approach.

No Flu for These Birds

Reuters reports that UK researchers are using gene-editing tools to develop flu-resistant chickens.

Better Odds?

Vox explores a proposal to institute a lottery system to award grant funds.

This Week in Genome Biology

In Genome Biology this week: gut microbiome study of individuals from Tanzania and Botswana, sixth version of the Network of Cancer Genes database, and more.