Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genetic testing company 23andMe, once valued at $6 billion, has filed for bankruptcy. State attorneys general are urging concerned ...

(The Center Square) – Genetic testing has drastically changed what we’re able to know about ourselves and our families. It can inform individuals about their bodies and health and connect them to the ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe never hit on a sustainable business model and went bankrupt. Now, it's being sold to a non-profit launched by the co-founder, delaying addressing data privacy concerns.

In response, Vermont lawmakers are considering a consumer protection bill that would regulate how genetic testing companies collect, use and share Vermonters’ data. An amended version of the bill was ...

With genetic testing company 23andMe filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and courting bidders, the DNA data of millions of users is up for sale. A Silicon Valley stalwart since 2006, 23andMe ...

23andMe has gone bankrupt. If it is tempting to treat this failure as just another Silicon Valley experiment gone bad, do not be fooled. This bankruptcy provides an essential opportunity for digital ...

Sponsors believe the insurance industry should be banned from using genetic information to determine healthcare coverage.

Various corners of the media and internet are hyperventilating over the alleged genetic privacy implications of the imminent Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anisha Sircar is a journalist covering tech, finance and society. UKRAINE - 2021/06/17: In this photo illustration, 23andMe logo ...

As newborn screening programs expand to include babies’ entire genomes, parents must be made aware of the privacy risks and states must create rules to rein in unbridled police access to this data.

“I mentioned to a co-worker that I just found out I had the breast cancer gene,” a woman told me a few years ago. “The next thing I knew, everyone in the office was asking me, ‘How are you?’ When the ...