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  These DNA testing companies are mainly trying to sell you other stuff - MIT Technology Review

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  The consumer genetics market is booming. In 2017, the number of people who took direct-to-consumer ancestry tests more than doubled, reaching over 12 …

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  The Golden State Killer was found via DNA genealogy—and he won’t be the last

  MIT Technology Review - Antonio Regalado

  As genetic tests become cheap and pervasive, it will be increasingly difficult to hide from law enforcers. The crimes: On April 24, police arrested …

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  The brave new world of genetic genealogy - MIT Technology Review

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  It was perhaps inevitable that the same techniques genetic genealogists used to search for unknown parents would be deployed in criminal …

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  Investigators searched a million people’s DNA to find Golden State serial killer - MIT Technology Review

  MIT Technology Review - Antonio Regalado

  Investigators may have compared a serial killer's DNA with that of one million unwitting genealogy enthusiasts as part of an investigation that led …

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  Billions of dollars are at stake, so the fight over who owns CRISPR is back in court

  MIT Technology Review - Emily Mullin

  Credit for a game-changing breakthrough in biotechnology, a potential Nobel Prize, and oh yes, gobs of money have proved motive enough for the …

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  “Project Recode” aims to make human cells invulnerable to infection

  MIT Technology Review - Antonio Regalado

  A genome-writing consortium announced today that it intends to revise the genome of human cells in the lab so they resist viruses. What’s recoding? A …