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New York-based biotech giant Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced May 19 its plan to purchase the bankrupt genetic testing firm 23andMe in a $256 million deal that could include millions of ...
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced it is buying 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million – taking with it the company’s extensive trove of genetic samples and data. It will ...
Genetic testing company 23andMe isn’t going away, despite declaring bankruptcy. The company and nearly all of its assets, including its biobank of customer genetic samples, have been purchased ...
Scientists have recognized for some time that these residents of the Andes Mountains have evolved genetic adaptations to the thin air of their lofty home. Now researchers are learning that they ...
Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...
Population genetics is the study of the genetic composition of populations, including distributions and changes in genotype and phenotype frequency in response to the processes of natural ...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - A delegation of U.S. livestock genetics and agriculture leaders representing Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Idaho, and the Senepol Cattle Breeders Association traveled to ...
The last time we talked about 23andMe’s bankruptcy sale, we suggested you might want to delete your genetic data from the site, since we didn’t know who would end up owning it. Now ...
The hack and subsequent bankruptcy filing have drawn scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers concerned that genetic data on millions of customers could be sold to unscrupulous buyers. Acknowledging the ...
Aug. 29, 2024 — For decades, scientists have dreamt of a future where genetic diseases, such as the blood clotting disorder hemophilia, could be a thing of the past. Gene therapy, the idea of ...
An international research team led by a Boston College professor has uncovered a drug and diet pairing that could fight a deadly brain cancer The international team combined a calorie-restricted diet ...
Mary Hames presenting at the 2025 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting: Image courtesy: Mary Hames Genetic specialists from across the globe gathered in the halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center last ...