Few days ago, law enforcement agencies in Florida gained warrant to access GEDmatch – genetic database of 1.2 million people….
DNA testing
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The project is carried out in the US’ Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where regional health provider Gelsinger has facilities. In…
Current DNA tests usually do not check whole sequences of genes. Typically, companies such as 23andMe, GEDmatch or Ancestry look…
A new preprint at Biorxiv reports a comparison between DNA testing results from companies 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and Gencove. In February…
CODIS database, initially created to solve violent crimes by FBI, will be extended to all 40,000 immigrants currently held in…
Opioid epidemic in the USA took 68,000 lives in 2018. Scientists are looking into the genetics of people addicted to…
What happens if people need to confirm ancestry with DNA tests in order to… get married? That procedure is used…
University of Cambridge scientists have developed a genetic panel covering nearly all known mutations leading to primary immunodeficiencies. This is…