Kayte Spector-Bagdady, is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, ...

On a special episode (first released on April 16, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: The recent bankruptcy of genetic testing firm 23andMe has raised alarm bells for privacy advocates and consumers worried ...

Cow D lived on a dairy farm in New Zealand. The animal looked like the typical black-and-white cow farmers raise for milk, except for one thing: Researchers had outfitted Cow D with an artificial ...

In 2008, Time magazine named genetic testing company 23andMe and its at-home DNA testing kit the Invention of the Year. Eventually, about 15 million people signed up for it. Sixteen years later and ...

23andMe, a genetic-testing and ancestry-tracing company, collects the most personal kind of data from its customers: their DNA. Now, after a data breach in late 2023 and a full board resignation, the ...

Editor’s note: On May 19, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced that it was the successful bidder in the bankruptcy auction to buy 23andMe and its assets for $256 million. Regeneron says it will ...

23andMe has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which means a new company could acquire its genetic database. DNA data is particularly sensitive, and bad actors can use it to carry ...

The 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, California in 2024. Correspondent The genetic testing company 23andMe, which holds the genetic data of 15 million people, declared bankruptcy on Sunday night ...

Tarrytown-based Regeneron would acquire 23andMe for $256 million under the deal that is pending approval by bankruptcy court and regulators. New York-based biotech giant Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ...

The genetic testing company 23andMe — which allows users to spit in a tube and send away the sample for a detailed DNA analysis — is filing for bankruptcy. 23andMe has faced financial hardship for ...

Kayte Spector-Bagdady receives funding from the National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences and the Greenwall Foundation. As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy ...