Here's what potential 23andMe buyers could do with your genetic data

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23andMe is looking for buyers, raising concerns about how the company's trove of genetic data might be leveraged under a new owner.

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‘De-Extinction’ Company Says It’s Very, Very Close to a Complete Tasmanian Tiger Genome

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Why the Batteries in Your Body’s Cells Only Come From Mom and Why It Matters

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Scientists discovered a unique line of Neanderthals and it's helping solve the mystery of humanity's last great extinction

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Neanderthals went extinct 40,000 years ago, and researchers are continuing to find clues about why.

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Dingo or Dog? Ancient DNA Just Settled a Longstanding Canine Debate

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Dingos found to have little domestic dog DNA

I'm a hair health expert, and I want men to stop blaming their fathers for thinning hair. Genetics is only half the story.

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The CEO of Nutrafol, Giorgos Tsetis, left, says thinning hair shouldn't be blamed on our fathers.

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Montana rancher paid $4,200 to clone a dead sheep and launched a farm of super hybrids worth up to $550,000

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An argali sheep similar to the one that was cloned in Montana.

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$1.5 billion startup says it's getting close to bringing the woolly mammoth back from the dead with elephant cells

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A woolly mammoth reconstruction at the Caverne du Pont D'Arc in Ardèche, France.

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Scientists discovered which dogs live the longest after studying 155 different breeds, and it could help you be a better pet owner

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Multiple sclerosis is more common among white Europeans. Researchers studying ancient DNA may have figured out why.

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Researchers have traced genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis to a population of herders who arrived in Europe 5,000 years ago.

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