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The DNA data of millions of people who used 23andMe's services won't be sold to a pharmaceutical company. A bankruptcy judge greenlighted the sale of the remnants of the firm, including its wealth of genetic data, to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
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States argue that biological samples, DNA data, health-related traits and medical records are too sensitive to be sold without each person's express, informed consent.
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When the California biotech firm filed for bankruptcy, there was one looming question for customers: What's going to happen to my data?
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The California biotech firm said in a statement that it is hoping to find a buyer to address its ongoing financial struggles.
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For the first time, the Oklahoma City Police Department has solved a case by comparing DNA evidence from the crime scene to private genealogy databases. The finding brings closure to the nearly 50-year-old murder of Lela Orr Johnston.
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The update follows a third excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery in 2023 that uncovered over 50 unmarked graves.
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The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city's prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead.
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A discarded cigarette found near the body of a Vermont school teacher in her apartment nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to a neighbor who they say strangled her, Vermont police said.
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OSU professor Dr. Darren Hagen speaks about his research, which focuses on understanding our DNA.
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Though Jackie Young was adopted by a Jewish family in London after the war, the sense of not knowing his history haunted him.