A CRISPR-based electronic sensor flags target DNA sequences at high speed.

Its screen for selected variants of some disease-linked genes gives customers an incomplete picture of their risk—do they know?

The extremely rare event, thought to be caused by two sperm cells fertilizing the same egg simultaneously, was last reported in 2007.

Learning about your own genetic idiosyncrasies comes with complex emotions.

Data don’t support many direct-to-consumer products, from telomere assessments to bespoke diets based on genetic sequences.

A security researcher found the email addresses and encrypted passwords of more than 92 million users of the genealogy site on a private server outside the company.

Luna DNA, Nebula Genomics, and other “bio-brokers” will allow customers to make money by granting access to their genetic and personal information for research purposes.

DNA from a relative of the suspect submitted to the site GEDmatch gave investigators just enough information to identify him, but the process raises privacy concerns.

The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.