The testing of one patient couple set identified in the search to locate the genetic parents of a baby girl after an IVF error is being expedited.

Advanced DNA testing using genealogy databases could take weeks or months to identify Nancy Guthrie's abductor after initial FBI database search failed.

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, so we put it to the test.

The full House on Tuesday advanced a bill, which passed out of Marcotte’s committee last week, that would require genetic testing companies to get “a consumer’s express consent” each time their genetic data is shared with a third party or used for other purposes.

When Nick Lumi found out St. Luke’s University Health Network was offering free DNA testing, he thought it was a novelty, a chance to find out more about his ancestry. Instead, he learned he had a genetic condition he had never heard of. DNA Answers is a ...

A DNA identification has been made in a homicide case that began nearly 40 years ago with the disappearance of a Birmingham man.

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 voted out of the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development on Feb. 19.

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