dna testing
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23AndMe Accuses Ancestry.Com Of Patent Infringement And False Advertising
Screenshot: 23AndMe DNA testing site 23andMe is suing its biggest rival, Ancestry.com. In the suit, filed earlier this month in a California federal district court, 23andme accuses Ancestry.com of patent infringement and false advertising. Interestingly, 23andme is also pushing back against Ancestry.com’s trademark of the word “Ancestry.” It argues the term is too generic to…
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Report: A DNA Testing Company Could Not Tell The Difference Between Human And Dog DNA
Dog may be man’s best friend, and even genetically similar to humans to boot, but there are enough key differences that it shouldn’t be too hard to distinguish between human and doggie DNA.
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Police Say Genealogy Websites Helped Track Down Golden State Killer
Investigators in California revealed today that they were able to track down and arrest Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, using genetic information provided to genealogical websites, creating new and troubling concerns about how personal data is handled by the services.
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23andMe CEO Compares DNA Tests To At-Home Pregnancy Tests, But It’s Not That Simple
23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki. In a provocative opinion published Monday in STAT, 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki argues that home DNA test customers don’t need experts to help them interpret genetic health risk reports. Wojcicki compares her company’s health reports, which tell people whether they are at risk of developing certain diseases, to at-home pregnancy tests.