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23andMe

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Privacy

Why I'm Not Deleting My 23andMe Genetic Data

And you shouldn't be panicked into doing it either.

Ronald Bailey | 3.26.2025 4:30 PM

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Privacy

Cops Now Need a Warrant for 23andMe and AncestryDNA Searches in Maryland and Montana

Two states have passed laws requiring court approval before the cops can use genetic genealogy services to track down a suspect.

Ella Lubell | 6.14.2021 1:45 PM

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23andMe

The New York Times Condescends to Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Fans

If Times editors don't want to learn about their genetics, then they simply shouldn't take the tests.

Ronald Bailey | 2.6.2019 4:10 PM

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Science

It's OK To Make Money on Genetic Research

Companies should be applauded, not criticized, for working to identify the genetic roots of diseases that afflict humanity.

Ronald Bailey | 12.23.2018 6:00 AM

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23andMe

The $200 Genome

On sale now by Veritas Genetics, but likely to be the list price in a year or two.

Ronald Bailey | 11.20.2018 12:40 PM

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23andMe

Before Busybodies Opposed Home Genome Testing, They Fought Against Home Pregnancy Tests

History shows we have everything to gain from knowing more about our bodies.

Mike Riggs | 4.10.2018 4:00 PM

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23andMe

Chuck Schumer Freaks Out Over Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Privacy

Worried about your genetic privacy? Then don't take the tests.

Ronald Bailey | 12.1.2017 12:45 PM

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23andMe

The FDA Will Finally Let You See Your Genetic Information

FDA head Scott Gottlieb overturns Obama's ban on direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

Ronald Bailey | 11.7.2017 8:45 AM

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23andMe

Helix Launches Online Personal Genomics Testing Marketplace

A work-around for the FDA's ban on direct-to-consumer genetic testing?

Ronald Bailey | 7.25.2017 3:05 PM

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FDA

FDA Loosens Its Shackles on 23andMe Personal Genomics Company

Still forbidden to tell customers nearly 90 percent of what the company used to be able to share

Ronald Bailey | 4.6.2017 2:40 PM

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23andMe

FDA Takes One Regulatory Shackle Off 23andMe Gene Testing

Agency still treats consumers like idiots

Ronald Bailey | 10.21.2015 2:23 PM

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Angelina Jolie

"Knowledge is power," says Angelina Jolie Pitt with Respect to Genetic Testing

The FDA disagrees and prefers ignorance

Ronald Bailey | 3.25.2015 9:32 AM

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23andMe

FDA Regulators Ease Just a Tiny Bit Their Stranglehold on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

Testing company 23andMe expresses its gratitude

Ronald Bailey | 2.20.2015 1:49 PM

23andMe

23andMe Gene Test Banned by FDA Is Now Available in the U.K.

Ronald Bailey | 12.4.2014 3:02 PM

23andMe

Warning: If You Don't Want to Know the Results of a Genetic Test, Don't Take It

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2014 5:42 PM

23andMe

Petition In Support of Lifting the FDA Ban on 23andMe Gene Testing Reaches 10,000

Ronald Bailey | 1.22.2014 4:55 PM

23andMe

55 Percent of Americans Think That You Should Be Allowed to Buy Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests

Ronald Bailey | 12.13.2013 11:17 AM

23andMe

23andMe Suspends Genome Service Under FDA Orders - But You Can Still Annoy the Regulators

Ronald Bailey | 12.6.2013 12:03 PM

Policy

23andMe: Now Come the Trial Lawyer Sharks and the Tort Lottery Players

Ronald Bailey | 12.3.2013 4:02 PM

23andMe

Ronald Bailey Argues that the FDA Should Let People Get Their Genes Tested

Reason Staff | 11.29.2013 1:30 PM

Policy

Let My Genes Go! And Leave 23andMe Alone.

Regulators evidently fear an imminent outbreak of DIY mastectomies.

Ronald Bailey | 11.29.2013 1:30 PM

FDA

FDA Shuts Down 23andMe: Outrageously Banning Consumer Access to Personal Genome Information:

Ronald Bailey | 11.25.2013 12:42 PM

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