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Genealogy databases could reveal the identity of most Americans

Keeping your DNA private is getting harder.

By Tina Hesman Saey | 4:12pm, October 12, 2018

Ground cherries

News | Genetics

Gene editing can speed up plant domestication

By Tina Hesman Saey | 11:00am, October 01, 2018

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria

News | Genetics

Smuggling a CRISPR gene editor into staph bacteria can kill the pathogen

By Laurel Hamers | 9:00am, October 01, 2018

Ibrahim Cissé

Feature | Genetics

Ibrahim Cissé unlocks cells’ secrets using physics

By Tina Hesman Saey | 8:33am, September 26, 2018

Jenny Tung

Feature | Genetics

Jenny Tung wants to know how social stresses mess with genes

By Susan Milius | 8:26am, September 26, 2018

Anopheles gambiae mosquito

News | Genetics

In lab tests, this gene drive wiped out a population of mosquitoes

By Tina Hesman Saey | 11:20am, September 24, 2018

African elephants

News | Genetics

DNA from seized elephant ivory unmasks 3 big trafficking cartels in Africa

By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, September 19, 2018

dna helix illustration

Rethink | Genetics

A recount of human genes ups the number to at least 46,831

By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, September 17, 2018

skeletons

News in Brief | Genetics

German skeletons hint that medieval warrior groups recruited from afar

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, September 05, 2018

a beagle puppy romping in some grass

News in Brief | Genetics

CRISPR gene editing relieves muscular dystrophy symptoms in dogs

By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, August 30, 2018

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