A genetic test meant to introduce you to a lost cousin could also introduce info on your entire lineage to a stranger seeking profit.

Capping off a dire run of bad news in the last year, 23andMe announced this week that it will be acquired by the pharmaceutical company, Regeneron. While this turn of events might not be the ...

23andMe was once a high-flying biotech firm. It collected a trove of DNA data on millions of its customers, and then it went bust. The fate of that data has been at the center of a legal battle over ...

Some claimants may receive thousands of dollars.

Today is the deadline for customers of the genetic testing company 23andMe to file a claim as part of a restructuring in its bankruptcy case. In filing a claim, eligible customers can seek ...

Millions of people have handed their DNA over to genetic testing companies like Ancestry or 23andMe to learn more about their family history. Eric Yarham wanted to learn about his heritage, so he ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe isn’t going away, despite declaring bankruptcy. The company and nearly all of its assets, including its biobank of customer genetic samples, have been purchased by ...

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.