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The must-read blogs of genetic genealogy Nobody alive knows everything. Certainly not everything about a subject where the underlying science is developing as fast as in the field of genetics. And particularly not everything about a subject where the underlying...Myriad sues genetic testing firms
Myriad strikes back Anyone — like The Legal Genealogist — who hoped that the Supreme Court decision last month against Myriad Genetics and its monopoly on BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing for breast cancer would mean easier cheaper access to testing for the many...Apples and oranges
Not the same Reader Tim Campbell is still puzzled by the issues raised in Maryland v. King, the U.S. Supreme Court decision last month that held that police are allowed to take a DNA sample from anyone arrested for a serious crime and that held, in essence, that a DNA...DNA: life after death
Collecting DNA samples at death DNA testing was something that could always be done. Down the road. Someday. When there was time. And then, suddenly, there was no more time. So reader Pat Rand and her husband turned to the funeral director they had chosen for his...Family Tree DNA summer sale
Too good to wait til Sunday The Legal Genealogist usually reserves DNA discussions to Sunday’s blog. But this is too good to wait. Family Tree DNA announced its summer sale yesterday and anybody who’s even thinking about DNA testing for genealogy is going...That pesky NY law
Testing with 23andMe in the Empire State So yesterday The Legal Genealogist had the chance to share information about autosomal DNA testing with several dozen thoroughly enthusiastic New Yorkers at the Patchogue-Medford Public Library. It’s a great group, and...Our DNA can’t be patented
Supreme Court says no to Myriad In the late 1990s, the United States Patent Office issued patents to a Utah company on two human genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2, genes that — if present — cause a significantly elevated risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The...DNA: news from Burbank
Transfers and interfaces So there were two big topics of discussion dealing with DNA at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree that ends today in Burbank. One was changes — updates, interface upgrades and promises of further changes — at...DNA Day in Burbank
DNA Day a smashing success If anybody ever tries to tell the organizers of a major genealogy event that there aren’t enough people interested in genetic genealogy to warrant a high number of special sessions on the subject, The Legal Genealogist has three words:...Subscribe by Email
