More than 50 23andMe scientists will be participating in the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics in San Diego this year.

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, embraced by a growing list of cities, states and universities in the United States, as an alternative to Columbus Day, and meant to recognize the…

23andMe launched a new series of videos called the DNA Download, meant to make the complex science of genetics easy for anyone to understand. The first four videos look at some basic genetic concepts.

As part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, 23andMe is taking a moment to recognize the diversity in culture and genetics of those with Latino ancestry.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to draw attention and support for the importance of early detection and treatment of this disease. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness…

One day for International Coffee Day doesn’t seem good enough, but we’ll take it and look at how your genetics plays a role in caffeine consumption.Using data from other customers…

More than 50 23andMe scientists will be participating in the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics in San Diego this year.

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, embraced by a growing list of cities, states and universities in the United States, as an alternative to Columbus Day, and meant to recognize the…

23andMe launched a new series of videos called the DNA Download, meant to make the complex science of genetics easy for anyone to understand. The first four videos look at some basic genetic concepts.

As part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, 23andMe is taking a moment to recognize the diversity in culture and genetics of those with Latino ancestry.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to draw attention and support for the importance of early detection and treatment of this disease. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness…

One day for International Coffee Day doesn’t seem good enough, but we’ll take it and look at how your genetics plays a role in caffeine consumption.Using data from other customers…

When Mr. and Mrs. George Fry arrived in the New World nearly four centuries ago, they brought with them not just dreams of a better life, but a curse —…

A Spit Party is kind of like a Tupperware Party, only the plastic containers are smaller and they’re not for leftovers.23andMe held the first one a few days after our…

A certain provider of personal genetic information is mentioned in Science magazine’s Breakthrough of the Year article, published in the Dec. 21 issue.The journal bestowed 2007 BotY honors on “Human…

A few years back, archaeologist Anna Dhody was thinking about how amazing it is that DNA forensic scientists can collect DNA evidence from nothing more than a discarded cigarette butt…

At the end of last year (2007) you may have seen reports claiming that scientists in Israel discovered the “gene for altruism.” What they actually found was that a variation…

Spit has DNA? Well, not exactly. Spit has cells in it, and the cells have DNA. For everything except bacteria (and some other types of single-celled organisms), DNA is wound…