Heather Murphy
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Does your DNA leave a unique identifying code? Not always, if you get a bone marrow transplant
Three months after his bone marrow transplant, Chris Long of Reno, Nev., learned that the DNA in his blood had ...

What happens when DNA tests show that white nationalists aren’t as ‘pure’ as they thought?
On the hate site Stormfront, one of the largest online discussion forums dedicated to “white pride,” sharing DNA results with ...

Patenting the genes of marine life and what it means for medicine
[Marine animal] DNA is included among thousands of patents owned by BASF, which calls itself “the largest chemical producer in the ...

Is sexual orientation ‘gaydar’ detection machine sound or ethical?
[Michal Kosinski] decided to show that it was possible to use facial recognition analysis to detect something intimate, something “people ...

Software uses DNA to predict facial appearance
Mark D. Shriver, a professor of anthropology and genetics at Penn State University and his colleagues have studied the ways ...