Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While genetic testing is not outright illegal in Israel, there are significant legal restrictions that limit access to DNA tests.

I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn’t ...

What happens when a genetic test unlocks long-held family secrets or other surprising results? Genetic genealogist Kelli ...

Recently, my dad discovered a family secret: In the 1960s, one of his first cousins, now deceased, fathered a previously unknown child with a woman who placed the baby for adoption. The records were ...

There will soon be a new tool to fight and solve crime across the lowcountry.The Tri-County Biological Science Center building ...

Turmoil at 23andMe, a company offering popular at-home DNA testing, has upset the industry. Following the resignation of every independent member of the company’s board of directors, its chief ...

A $700,000 grant to expand cold case investigations by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office and an almost $6 million in grants ...

Artificial intelligence has gotten a bad reputation lately, and often for good reason. But a team of scientists at Google’s ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During ...