DNA

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.

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.

When the California biotech firm filed for bankruptcy, there was one looming question for customers: What's going to happen to my data?

The California biotech firm said in a statement that it is hoping to find a buyer to address its ongoing financial struggles.

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.

The update follows a third excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery in 2023 that uncovered over 50 unmarked graves.

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.

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.

OSU professor Dr. Darren Hagen speaks about his research, which focuses on understanding our DNA.

Though Jackie Young was adopted by a Jewish family in London after the war, the sense of not knowing his history haunted him.