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US Lets 23andMe Market Genetic Health Risk Reports

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US regulators granted Silicon Valley biotech firm 23andMe permission to become the first company to market reports showing customers’ health risks based on their genetics. The first reports will be made available this month in the United States, indicating genetic propensities for conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Food … Read more

African-Americans Patronizing New DNA Technology To Trace Roots

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There is a new DNA technology which now enables some black people in the diaspora to trace their roots and origin in Africa. Some African-Americans in the diaspora have been exploring a trace to their ancestral roots and families in Ghana with the technology. Most African-Americans living in the diaspora who did not have any … Read more